Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
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Gill's Exposition
Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand,.... These words are an address to the Babylonians, who instead of rejoicing and feasting, as Belshazzar and his nobles were the night that Babylon was…
Barnes' Notes
Howl ye - Ye inhabitants of Babylon, in view of the approaching destruction. The day of the Lord - The time when Yahweh will inflict vengeance on you draws near (see the note at Isa 2:12; compare Isa…
We have here a very elegant and lively description of the terrible confusion and desolation which should be made in Babylon by the descent which the Medes and Persians should make upon it. Those that…
Cambridge Bible
The verse is almost identical with Joe 1:15. On the "day of Jehovah" see on ch. Isa 2:12.
as a destruction from the Almighty The Heb. phrase contains an alliteration which cannot be easily reproduced…
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