Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land waste: and he shall destroy the sinners out of it.

10 For the [a]stars of heaven and the planets thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

11 And I will visit the wickedness upon the [b]world, and their iniquity upon the wicked, and I will cause the arrogancy of the [c]proud to cease, and will cast down the pride of tyrants.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:10 They that are overcome shall think that all the powers of heaven and earth are against them, Ezek. 32:7; Joel 3:15; Matt. 24:29.
  2. Isaiah 13:11 He compareth Babylon to the whole world, because they so esteemed themselves by reason of their great empire.
  3. Isaiah 13:11 He noteth the principal vice, whereunto they are most given, as are all that abound in wealth.

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