Isa 13:6, 22:12-13, Jer 4:8, Eze 19:2, Joe 1:5, 11, 13, Amo 6:6-7, Jam 4:9 | ESV | STEP | Wail , for the day of the Lord is near ; as destruction from the Almighty it will come !

q[See ver. 9 above]

r[ver. 8; Mic. 1:8]

s[ver. 8; Jer. 4:8]

t[See ver. 9 above]

x ch. 7:11, 17

Isaiah 13:6

6 ^aWail, for ^bthe day of the Lord is near;
as destruction from the Almighty ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for destruction and almighty sound alike} it will come!

Isaiah 22:12-13

12 In that day ^dthe Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for ^ebaldness and ^fwearing sackcloth;
13 and behold, joy and gladness,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating flesh and drinking wine.
^g“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”

Jeremiah 4:8

8 For this ^hput on sackcloth,
lament and wail,
for ⁱthe fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned back from us.”

Ezekiel 19:2

2 and say:

What was your mother? ^jA lioness!
Among lions she crouched;
in the midst of young lions
she reared her cubs.

Joel 1:5

5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
and ^kwail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of ^lthe sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:11

11 ^mBe ashamed, ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for dry up and be ashamed in verses 10–12, 17 sound alike} O tillers of the soil;
wail, O vinedressers,
for the wheat and the barley,
^obecause the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 1:13

A Call to Repentance

13 ^pPut on sackcloth and lament, ^qO priests;
^rwail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, ^spass the night in sackcloth,
^tO ministers of my God!
^uBecause grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.

Amos 6:6-7

6 ^vwho drink wine in bowls
and ^wanoint themselves with the finest oils,
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
7 ^xTherefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile,
and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.”

James 4:9

9 ^yBe wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.