The Meaning of Isaiah 13:6 Explained

Isaiah 13:6

KJV: Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

YLT: Howl ye, for near is the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

Darby: Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.

ASV: Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Howl  ye; for the day  of the LORD  [is] at hand;  it shall come  as a destruction  from the Almighty. 

What does Isaiah 13:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 13

1  God musters the armies of his wrath
6  He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes
19  The desolation of Babylon

What do the individual words in Isaiah 13:6 mean?

Wail for [is] at hand the day of Yahweh as destruction from the Almighty it will come
הֵילִ֕ילוּ כִּ֥י קָר֖וֹב י֣וֹם יְהוָ֑ה כְּשֹׁ֖ד מִשַּׁדַּ֥י יָבֽוֹא

הֵילִ֕ילוּ  Wail 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: יָלַל  
Sense: (Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling.
קָר֖וֹב  [is]  at  hand 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קָרֹוב  
Sense: near.
י֣וֹם  the  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
יְהוָ֑ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
כְּשֹׁ֖ד  as  destruction 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁד  
Sense: havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruin.
מִשַּׁדַּ֥י  from  the  Almighty 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁדַּי  
Sense: almighty, most powerful.
יָבֽוֹא  it  will  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.