Isaiah 34
34
1Come close, you nations, and listen! You peoples, pay attention! Hear these words everyone who lives on earth, and all that comes from it! 2The Lord's anger is against all the nations and his fury is against all their armies. He will completely destroy them; he will have them slaughtered. 3Those who are killed won't be buried; the stink of their bodies will rise; mountains will be washed away with their blood. 4The sun, moon, and stars of heaven will fade away,#34:4. The Dead Sea Scrolls have “The depths will be split open.” and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll. All the stars will fall like dried-up leaves from a vine, like dried-up figs from a fig tree.
5After my sword has finished what it has to do#34:5. “After my sword has finished what it has to do in the heavens”: the Dead Sea Scrolls have “My sword will appear in the sky.” in the heavens, it will come down on Edom, on the people I have doomed for destruction. 6The sword of the Lord is coated in blood and covered with fat—the blood of lambs and goats, and the fat of rams' kidneys. For there is a sacrifice for Lord happening in Bozrah,#34:6. Bozrah was an important Edomite town. a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7Wild ox will fall with them, the young bulls along with the mature ones. Their land will be soaked with blood, and their soil soaked with fat.
8For the Lord has a day of punishment, a year of retribution, for the trouble caused to Zion. 9Edom's streams will be turned into tar, its soil into sulfur, and her land will become burning tar! 10The fire will burn day and night, and will never go out, its smoke will rise forever. From one generation to the next it will remain desolate—people won't ever go there again. 11The desert owl and screech owl will take it over, and the eagle owl and raven will live there. The Lord will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of destruction and a plumb line of desolation. 12Its nobles won't have anything to call a kingdom;#34:12. The Hebrew of this line is unclear. all its princes will be gone. 13Thorns will grow over its palaces; weeds and thistles will take over its fortresses. It will be a place where jackals live, a home for owls. 14It will be a meeting place for desert animals and hyenas, and wild goats will call to each other there. Night animals will settle there and find a place to rest. 15There the owl will build its nest, lay and hatch its eggs, and raise its chicks in the shade of its wings. It has become a roost for birds of prey, each one with its mate.
16Look in the scroll of the Lord and read what it says: Not a single one of these will be missing its mate, for the Lord has ordered this to happen, and his Spirit has gathered them together. 17He assigns them their territories, he divides up the land for them using a measuring line. These birds and animals#34:17. “Birds and animals”: supplied for clarity. will own it forever, from one generation to the next.
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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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