Isaiah 34
34
Judgment on the Nations
1Come #Ps. 49:1; Is. 41:1; 43:9near, you nations, to hear;
And heed, you people!
#Deut. 32:1; Is. 1:2Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
The world and all things that come forth from it.
2For the indignation of the Lord is against all nations,
And His fury against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to the #Is. 13:5slaughter.
3Also their slain shall be thrown out;
#Joel 2:20; Amos 4:10Their stench shall rise from their corpses,
And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4#Ps. 102:26; Is. 13:13; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:31; Matt. 24:29; 2 Pet. 3:10All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
#Is. 14:12All their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as #Rev. 6:12–14fruit falling from a fig tree.
5“For #Deut. 32:41, 42; Jer. 46:10; Ezek. 21:3–5My sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it #Is. 63:1; Jer. 49:7, 8, 20; Ezek. 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Amos 1:11, 12; Obad. 1–14; Mal. 1:4shall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
6The #Is. 66:16sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is made overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For #Zeph. 1:7the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7The wild oxen shall come down with them,
And the young bulls with the mighty bulls;
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
And their dust saturated with fatness.”
8For it is the day of the Lord’s #Is. 63:4vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9#Deut. 29:23; Ps. 11:6; Is. 30:33Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
10It shall not be quenched night or day;
#Rev. 14:11; 18:18; 19:3Its smoke shall ascend forever.
#Is. 13:20–22; 24:1; 34:10–15; Mal. 1:3, 4From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever.
11#Is. 14:23; Zeph. 2:14; Rev. 18:2But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it,
Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
And #2 Kin. 21:13; Lam. 2:8He shall stretch out over it
The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
12They shall call its nobles to the kingdom,
But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.
13And #Is. 32:13; Hos. 9:6thorns shall come up in its palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
#Is. 13:21It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.
14The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the jackals,
And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion;
Also the night creature shall rest there,
And find for herself a place of rest.
15There the arrow snake shall make her nest and lay eggs
And hatch, and gather them under her shadow;
There also shall the hawks be gathered,
Every one with her mate.
16“Search from #(Mal. 3:16)the book of the Lord, and read:
Not one of these shall fail;
Not one shall lack her mate.
For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them.
17He has cast the lot for them,
And His hand has divided it among them with a measuring line.
They shall possess it forever;
From generation to generation they shall dwell in it.”
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Isaiah 34
34
God will Punish his Enemies
1Come, people of all nations! Gather round and listen. Let the whole earth and everyone living on it come here and listen. 2The LORD is angry with all the nations and all their armies. He has condemned them to destruction. 3Their corpses will not be buried, but will lie there rotting and stinking; and the mountains will be red with blood. 4#Mt 24.29; Mk 13.25; Lk 21.26; Rev 6.13–14The sun, moon, and stars will crumble to dust. The sky will disappear like a scroll being rolled up, and the stars will fall like leaves dropping from a vine or a fig tree.
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Is 63.1–6; Jer 49.7–22; Ezek 25.12–14; 35.1–15; Amos 1.11–12; Obad 1.1–14; Mal 1.2–5 The LORD has prepared his sword in heaven, and now it will strike Edom, those people whom he has condemned to destruction. 6His sword will be covered with their blood and fat, like the blood and fat of lambs and goats that are sacrificed. The LORD will offer this sacrifice in the city of Bozrah; he will make this a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7The people will fall like wild oxen and young bulls, and the earth will be red with blood and covered with fat. 8This is the time when the LORD will rescue Zion and take vengeance on her enemies.
9The rivers of Edom will turn into tar, and the soil will turn into sulphur. The whole country will burn like tar. 10#Rev 14.11; 19.3It will burn day and night, and smoke will rise from it for ever. The land will lie waste age after age, and no one will ever travel through it again. 11Owls and ravens will take over the land. The LORD will make it a barren waste again, as it was before the creation. 12There will be no king to rule the country, and the leaders will all be gone.#34.12 Verse 12 in Hebrew begins with a word, the meaning of which is unclear. 13Thorns and thistles will grow up in all the palaces and walled towns, and jackals and owls will live in them. 14Wild animals will roam there, and demons will call to each other. The night monster#34.14 night monster: A female demon, believed to live in desolate places. will come there looking for a place to rest. 15Owls will build their nests, lay eggs, hatch their young, and care for them there. Vultures will gather there, one after another.
16Search in the LORD's book of living creatures and read what it says. Not one of these creatures will be missing, and not one will be without its mate. The LORD has commanded it to be so; he himself will bring them together. 17It is the LORD who will divide the land among them and give each of them a share. They will live in the land age after age, and it will belong to them for ever.
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