Isaiah 34
34
Judgment on the Nations
1Draw near, O nations, to hear;
O peoples, give heed!
Let the earth hear, and all that fills it;
the world, and all that comes from it.
2For the Lord is enraged against all the nations,
and furious against all their hoards;
he has doomed them, has given them over for slaughter.
3Their slain shall be cast out,
and the stench of their corpses shall rise;
the mountains shall flow with their blood.
4All the host of heaven shall rot away,
and the skies roll up like a scroll.
All their host shall wither
like a leaf withering on a vine,
or fruit withering on a fig tree.
5When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens,
lo, it will descend upon Edom,
upon the people I have doomed to judgment.
6The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood,
it is gorged with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7Wild oxen shall fall with them,
and young steers with the mighty bulls.
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
and their soil made rich with fat.
8For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of vindication by Zion's cause.#34.8 Or of recompense by Zion's defender
9And the streams of Edom#34.9 Heb her streams shall be turned into pitch,
and her soil into sulfur;
her land shall become burning pitch.
10Night and day it shall not be quenched;
its smoke shall go up forever.
From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
no one shall pass through it forever and ever.
11But the hawk#34.11 Identification uncertain and the hedgehog#34.11 Identification uncertain shall possess it;
the owl#34.11 Identification uncertain and the raven shall live in it.
He shall stretch the line of confusion over it,
and the plummet of chaos over#34.11 Heb lacks over its nobles.
12They shall name it No Kingdom There,
and all its princes shall be nothing.
13Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
an abode for ostriches.
14Wildcats shall meet with hyenas,
goat-demons shall call to each other;
there too Lilith shall repose,
and find a place to rest.
15There shall the owl nest
and lay and hatch and brood in its shadow;
there too the buzzards shall gather,
each one with its mate.
16Seek and read from the book of the Lord:
Not one of these shall be missing;
none shall be without its mate.
For the mouth of the Lord has commanded,
and his spirit has gathered them.
17He has cast the lot for them,
his hand has portioned it out to them with the line;
they shall possess it forever,
from generation to generation they shall live in it.
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Isaiah 34
34
The Judgment of the Nations
1You nations, come here and listen;
you peoples, pay attention!#Ps 49:1; Is 1:2; 41:1; 43:9; 45:20
Let the earth and all that fills it hear,
the world and all that comes from it.#Ps 24:1; Is 6:3; 42:5
2The Lord is angry with all the nations,
furious with all their armies.#Is 13:5; Jr 10:10; 50:13
He will set them apart for destruction,#Jos 6:21; 1Sm 15:3; Is 11:5; 24:1,6; 43:28
giving them over to slaughter.
3Their slain will be thrown out,
and the stench of their corpses will rise;#Is 14:21; 18:6; Ezk 39:17; Jl 2:10; Am 4:10; Rv 19:17–19
the mountains will flow#34:3 Or melt, or dissolve with their blood.#Ps 46:2–3
4All#34:4 DSS read And the valleys will be split, and all the stars in the sky#2Kg 17:16; 21:3,5; 23:4–5 will dissolve.
The sky will roll up like a scroll,#Rv 6:12–14
and its stars will all wither
as leaves wither on the vine,
and foliage on the fig tree.#Ps 102:25–27; Is 13:10; 51:6; Ezk 32:7–8; Jl 3:15; Mt 24:29; Mk 13:24–25; 2Pt 3:10,12
The Judgment of Edom
5When my sword has drunk its fill#34:5 DSS read sword will appear#Dt 32:41–43; Jr 46:10; Ezk 21:3–5 in the heavens,
it will then come down on Edom#Nm 20:14–21; Is 63:1; Jr 49:7–8,20; Ezk 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Jl 3:19; Am 1:11–12; Ob 1–14; Mal 1:4
and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
6The Lord’s sword is covered with blood.
It drips with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.#Is 25:6; 30:32; Jr 46:10; 51:40; Ezk 39:17; Zph 1:7–9
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,#Gn 36:33; Is 63:1; Jr 49:13,22
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7The wild oxen will be struck#34:7 Or will go down with them,
and young bulls with the mighty bulls.
Their land will be soaked with#34:7 Or will drink its fill of blood,
and their soil will be saturated with fat.
8For the Lord has a day of vengeance,#Is 13:6; 35:4; 47:3; 61:2; 63:4
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
9Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her soil into sulfur;#Gn 19:24; Dt 29:23; Ps 11:6; Is 30:33; Ezk 38:22
her land will become burning pitch.
10It will never go out — day or night.
Its smoke will go up forever.#Is 1:31; 66:24; Rv 14:11; 19:3
It will be desolate, from generation to generation;
no one will pass through it forever and ever.#Is 13:20–22; Ezk 29:11; Mal 1:3–4
11Eagle owls#34:11 Or Pelicans and herons#34:11 Or hedgehogs will possess it,
and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there.#Is 13:21–22; 14:23; Zph 2:14
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line#Am 7:7–9 over her
for her destruction and chaos.#2Kg 21:13; Is 24:10; Lm 2:8
12No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,
and all her princes will come to nothing.
13Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.#Is 32:13
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode#34:13 DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads jackals, grass for ostriches.#Ps 44:19; Is 13:22; Jr 9:11; 10:22; Mal 1:3
14The desert creatures will meet hyenas,
and one wild goat will call to another.
Indeed, the night birds will stay there
and will find a resting place.
15Sand partridges#34:15 Or Arrow snakes, or Owls will make their nests there;
they will lay and hatch their eggs
and will gather their broods under their shadows.
Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,
each with its mate.#Dt 14:13
16Search and read the scroll of the Lord:#Ps 40:7; 139:16; Is 8:16; 30:8; Dn 7:10; Mal 3:16; Rv 20:12
Not one of them will be missing,
none will be lacking its mate,
because he has ordered it by my#34:16 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, DSS, Syr, Tg read his mouth,
and he will gather them by his Spirit.
17He has cast the lot for them;
his hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.
They will possess it forever;#Nm 24:18
they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
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