Isaiah 13:9 - Exposition
The day of the Lord (see the comment on Isaiah 13:6 ). Cruel ; i.e. severe and painful, not really "cruel." To lay the land desolate . As in Isaiah 13:5 , so here, many would translate ha-arets by "the earth," and understand a desolation extending far beyond Babylonia. But this is not necessary.
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