Isaiah 34
34
God Judges His Enemies
1Come close to me, you nations, and listen!
Pay attention to me, you peoples!
Let all the world hear me,
the earth and all that springs from it.
2For Yahweh has turned his anger toward the nations
and his fury against all their armies.
He has doomed them to destruction
and will annihilate them all.
3Their slain will be cast out,
the stench of their corpses will rise,
and the mountains will stream with their blood.
4The heavenly powers # 34:4 Or “The host of heaven,” which can refer to demonic powers. See 2 Kings 17:16; 21:3, 5; 23:4–5; Eph. 6:10–18. will fade away to nothing, # 34:4 The Dead Sea scroll 1QIsaa adds “and the valleys will be split open.”
and the heavens will be rolled up like a scroll.
All their mighty host will wither
as leaves fall from a withered vine
or fruit from a withering fig tree. # 34:4 See Matt. 24:29; Rev. 6:13–14.
5The Lord says:
“Indeed, my judgment-sword has appeared in the heavens, # 34:5 As translated from the Dead Sea scroll 1QIsaa. The Hebrew is “My sword is drenched in the heavens.”
and when it has drunk its fill,
you will see it descend on the people of Edom,
those whom I have doomed to judgment.”
6Lord Yahweh has a judgment-sword dripping with blood.
It is smeared with fat,
dripping with the blood of lambs and goats,
and covered with the fat of rams’ kidneys.
Lord Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah # 34:6 Bozrah (modern Busaira) was the capital of Edom. See Isa. 63:1–6; Jer. 49:13; Amos 1:12. Bozrah means “sheepfold.” The sacrifice the Lord offered in the sheepfold can point to the supreme sacrifice of Jesus, the Lamb of God.
and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7Cattle and young bulls will also be slain; # 34:7 This is likely aurochs, an extinct species of wild cattle.
their land will be drenched # 34:7 Or “drunk.” with blood
and the dust soaked with fat.
8For Lord Yahweh has a day of vengeance,
a year of vindication for Zion’s cause.
9Edom’s streams will be turned to pitch and its soil to sulfur;
her land will become blazing pitch.
10Night and day it will never be extinguished;
its smoke will go up forever and ever.
Through the endless ages it will lie desolate;
no one will pass through it forever.
11Nothing but desert hawks and wild animals # 34:11 The exact identities of the animals listed here are uncertain. Some translations include hedgehogs, pelicans, porcupines, hawks, and several types of owls. will live there;
owls and ravens will find a home there.
The Lord will stretch out over it a measuring line of chaos
and the plumb line of emptiness.
12It will be named No Kingdom There,
and all its rulers and princes will come to nothing. # 34:12 See 1 Cor. 2:8; Eph. 6:12.
13Its palaces will be overgrown with thorns,
its fortresses # 34:13 See 2 Cor. 10:3–6. with thistles and briars.
It will become a haunt for demons # 34:13 Or “dragons” or “jackals.” and an abode for owls. # 34:13 The Hebrew word for “owls” is uncertain.
14Wild beasts will mingle with wolves
and goat-demons # 34:14 Or “satyrs.” will howl to one another.
There too the night-demon # 34:14 Or “Lilith,” a female goddess known as the sexually perverse “night-demon.” The Dead Sea Scroll 4Q510-511 lists Lilith among other demonic monsters. will settle in and find her rest.
15There the arrow-snake will build her nest, lay her eggs,
and hatch her brood in the shadows.
There too the vultures will gather # 34:15 See Matt. 24:28. to breed.
16Seek for Yahweh’s book and read it carefully.
You will learn that none of these prophecies will fail;
none will lack a fulfillment as its companion.
For the Lord has issued his decree.
It is his Spirit that has gathered them.
17He is the one who apportioned it to them by lot,
whose hand measured the share of each. # 34:17 See Eph. 4:7, 11.
They will possess it for all time
and dwell there throughout the ages.
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A Message for the Nations
1Come here and listen, O nations of the earth.
Let the world and everything in it hear my words.
2For the Lord is enraged against the nations.
His fury is against all their armies.
He will completely destroy#34:2 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; similarly in 34:5. them,
dooming them to slaughter.
3Their dead will be left unburied,
and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land.
The mountains will flow with their blood.
4The heavens above will melt away
and disappear like a rolled-up scroll.
The stars will fall from the sky
like withered leaves from a grapevine,
or shriveled figs from a fig tree.
5And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens,
it will fall upon Edom,
the nation I have marked for destruction.
6The sword of the Lord is drenched with blood
and covered with fat—
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice.
Yes, the Lord will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah.
He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.
7Even men as strong as wild oxen will die—
the young men alongside the veterans.
The land will be soaked with blood
and the soil enriched with fat.
8For it is the day of the Lord’s revenge,
the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel.#34:8 Hebrew to Zion.
9The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch,
and the ground will be covered with fire.
10This judgment on Edom will never end;
the smoke of its burning will rise forever.
The land will lie deserted from generation to generation.
No one will live there anymore.
11It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl,
the great owl and the raven.#34:11 The identification of some of these birds is uncertain.
For God will measure that land carefully;
he will measure it for chaos and destruction.
12It will be called the Land of Nothing,
and all its nobles will soon be gone.#34:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
13Thorns will overrun its palaces;
nettles and thistles will grow in its forts.
The ruins will become a haunt for jackals
and a home for owls.
14Desert animals will mingle there with hyenas,
their howls filling the night.
Wild goats will bleat at one another among the ruins,
and night creatures#34:14 Hebrew Lilith, possibly a reference to a mythical demon of the night. will come there to rest.
15There the owl will make her nest and lay her eggs.
She will hatch her young and cover them with her wings.
And the buzzards will come,
each one with its mate.
16Search the book of the Lord,
and see what he will do.
Not one of these birds and animals will be missing,
and none will lack a mate,
for the Lord has promised this.
His Spirit will make it all come true.
17He has surveyed and divided the land
and deeded it over to those creatures.
They will possess it forever,
from generation to generation.
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