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Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty and Sufficient One [Shaddai] will it come!(A)

Therefore will [a]all hands be feeble, and every man’s heart will melt.

And they [of Babylon] shall be dismayed and terrified, pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in childbirth. They will gaze stupefied and aghast at one another, their faces will be aflame [from the effects of the unprecedented warfare].

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  1. Isaiah 13:7 Babylon was taken by surprise on the night of Belshazzar’s sacrilegious feast, when Belshazzar was slain and Darius the Mede was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans (Dan. 5:30).

Wail,(A) for the day(B) of the Lord is near;
    it will come like destruction(C) from the Almighty.[a](D)
Because of this, all hands will go limp,(E)
    every heart will melt with fear.(F)
Terror(G) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip(H) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.(I)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.(J)

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  1. Isaiah 13:6 Hebrew Shaddai