Wail,(A) for the day(B) of the Lord is near;
    it will come like destruction(C) from the Almighty.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:6 Hebrew Shaddai

Threefold Woe Over Babylon’s Fall

“When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her(A) and shared her luxury(B) see the smoke of her burning,(C) they will weep and mourn over her.(D)

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11 “The merchants(A) of the earth will weep and mourn(B) over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore(C)

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19 They will throw dust on their heads,(A) and with weeping and mourning(B) cry out:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,(C)
    where all who had ships on the sea
    became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’(D)

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20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
    Wail(A) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon(B)
    that Moab is destroyed.

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