Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh,.... Or "is come" (e); said in Isa 13:6 to be at hand, but now it is represented in prophecy as already come:
cruel both with wrath and fierce anger; which,…
Barnes' Notes
The day of the Lord cometh - See Isa 13:6. Cruel - (אכזרי 'akezārı̂y). This does not mean that “God” is cruel, but that the ‘day of Yahweh’ that was coming should be unsparing and destructive to…
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…
The middle division of the prophecy enlarges on the nature, purpose and effects of this day of Jehovah.
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