Isaiah 34
34
Judgment on the Nations
1Draw near, #Ps. 49:1; [Joel 3:1, 2]O nations, to hear,
and give attention, O peoples!
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 host;
he has #[Josh. 6:21]devoted them to destruction,#34:2 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verse 5 has given them over for slaughter.
3Their slain shall be cast out,
and #Joel 2:20 the stench of their corpses shall rise;
# [Ezek. 39:4] the mountains shall flow with their blood.
4 #
Joel 2:31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Acts 2:20; Rev. 6:13, 14; [Ps. 102:26; Heb. 1:11] All the host of heaven shall rot away,
and the skies roll up like a scroll.
All their host shall fall,
as leaves fall from the vine,
like leaves falling from the fig tree.
5For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
behold, it descends for judgment upon #See ch. 63:1-6; Jer. 49:7-22; Obad. 1-21; Mal. 1:2-4 Edom,
upon the people #[ver. 2]I have devoted to destruction.
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.
# ch. 63:1 For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 #
Num. 23:22 Wild oxen shall #ch. 47:1 fall with them,
and #Ps. 22:12young steers with #Ps. 22:12the mighty bulls.
Their land shall drink its fill of blood,
and their soil shall be gorged with fat.
8 # ch. 61:2; 63:4; Ps. 137:7 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9 #
Deut. 29:23
And the streams of Edom#34:9 Hebrew her streams shall be turned into pitch,
and her soil into sulfur;
her land shall become burning pitch.
10Night and day #ch. 66:24 it shall not be quenched;
# [Rev. 14:11; 18:18; 19:3] its smoke shall go up forever.
#
Mal. 1:4
From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
none shall pass through it forever and ever.
11 # ch. 14:23; Zeph. 2:14; [Rev. 18:2] But the hawk and the porcupine#34:11 The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain shall possess it,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
#
2 Kgs. 21:13; Lam. 2:8; See Amos 7:7-9 He shall stretch the line of #[ch. 24:10]confusion#34:11 Hebrew formlessness over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.
12Its nobles—there is no one there to call it a kingdom,
and all its princes shall be nothing.
13 # See ch. 32:13 Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of #ch. 13:22; Ps. 44:19; Mal. 1:3jackals,
an abode for ostriches.#34:13 Or owls
14 # See ch. 13:21 And wild animals shall meet with hyenas;
the wild goat shall cry to his fellow;
indeed, there the night bird#34:14 Identity uncertain settles
and finds for herself a resting place.
15There the owl nests and lays
and hatches and gathers her young in her shadow;
indeed, there #Deut. 14:13the hawks are gathered,
each one with her mate.
16Seek and read from the book of the Lord:
Not one of these shall be missing;
none shall be without her mate.
For the mouth of the Lord has commanded,
and his Spirit has gathered them.
17 # [Ps. 78:55] He 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 dwell in it.
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Isaiah 34
34
1Come near, you nations, to hear!
Listen, you peoples.
Let the earth and all it contains hear,
the world, and everything that comes from it.
2For Yahweh is enraged against all the nations,
and angry with all their armies.
He has utterly destroyed them.
He has given them over for slaughter.
3Their slain will also be cast out,
and the stench of their dead bodies will come up.
The mountains will melt in their blood.
4All of the army of the sky will be dissolved.
The sky will be rolled up like a scroll,
and all its armies will fade away,
as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
5For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky.
Behold, it will come down on Edom,
and on the people of my curse, for judgment.
6Yahweh’s sword is filled with blood.
It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams;
for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7The wild oxen will come down with them,
and the young bulls with the mighty bulls;
and their land will be drunken with blood,
and their dust made greasy with fat.
8For Yahweh has a day of vengeance,
a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9Its streams will be turned into pitch,
its dust into sulfur,
and its land will become burning pitch.
10It won’t be quenched night or day.
Its smoke will go up forever.
From generation to generation, it will lie waste.
No one will pass through it forever and ever.
11But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it.
The owl and the raven will dwell in it.
He will stretch the line of confusion over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.
12They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there;
and all its princes shall be nothing.
13Thorns will come up in its palaces,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses;
and it will be a habitation of jackals,
a court for ostriches.
14The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves,
and the wild goat will cry to his fellow.
Yes, the night creature#34:14 literally, lilith, which could also be a night demon or night monster shall settle there,
and shall find herself a place of rest.
15The arrow snake will make her nest there,
and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade.
Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate.
16Search in the book of Yahweh, and read:
not one of these will be missing.
None will lack her mate.
For my mouth has commanded,
and his Spirit has gathered them.
17He has cast the lot for them,
and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line.
They shall possess it forever.
From generation to generation they will dwell in it.
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