Isaiah 34:1-2

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Judgment on the Nations

34 Draw near, ^(A)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 ^(B)devoted them to destruction,^[a] has given them over for slaughter.

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Isaiah 34:2 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verse 5

Isaiah 34:8-35:10

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
    a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
⁹^(B)And the streams of Edom^[a] shall be turned into pitch,
    and her soil into sulfur;
    her land shall become burning pitch.
¹⁰Night and day ^(C)it shall not be quenched;
    ^(D)its smoke shall go up forever.
^(E)From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
    none shall pass through it forever and ever.
¹¹^(F)But the hawk and the porcupine^[b] shall possess it,
    the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
^(G)He shall stretch the line of ^(H)confusion^[c] 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^(I)Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
    nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of ^(J)jackals,
    an abode for ostriches.^[d]
¹⁴^(K)And wild animals shall meet with hyenas;
    the wild goat shall cry to his fellow;
indeed, there the night bird^[e] 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 ^(L)the 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^(M)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.

The Ransomed Shall Return

35 ^(N)The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;
    ^(O)the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
²it shall blossom abundantly
    and rejoice with joy and singing.
^(P)The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
    the majesty of ^(Q)Carmel and ^(R)Sharon.
^(S)They shall see the glory of the Lord,
    the majesty of our God.

³^(T)Strengthen the weak hands,
    and make firm the feeble knees.
⁴Say to those who have an anxious heart,
    “Be strong; fear not!
^(U)Behold, your God
    will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
    He will come and save you.”

⁵^(V)Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
    and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
⁶^(W)then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
    and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
^(X)For waters break forth in the wilderness,
    and streams in the desert;
⁷^(Y)the burning sand shall become a pool,
    and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the haunt of ^(Z)jackals, where they lie down,
    the grass shall become reeds and rushes.

⁸^(AA)And a highway shall be there,
    and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
^(AB)the unclean shall not pass over it.
    It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
    even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.^[f]
⁹No lion shall be there,
    nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
    but the redeemed shall walk there.
¹⁰^(AC)And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
^(AD)everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain gladness and joy,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Notas al pie

Isaiah 34:9 Hebrew her streams
Isaiah 34:11 The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain
Isaiah 34:11 Hebrew formlessness
Isaiah 34:13 Or owls
Isaiah 34:14 Identity uncertain
Isaiah 35:8 Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it

Revelation 6

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The Seven Seals

6 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of ^(A)the seven seals, and I heard ^(B)one of the four living creatures say ^(C)with a voice like thunder, ^(D)“Come!” ²And I looked, and behold, ^(E)a white horse! And ^(F)its rider had a bow, and ^(G)a crown was given to him, and he came out ^(H)conquering, and to conquer.

³When he opened the second seal, I heard ^(I)the second living creature say, “Come!” ⁴And out came another horse, ^(J)bright red. Its rider was permitted ^(K)to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

⁵When he opened the third seal, I heard the ^(L)third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, ^(M)a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, ^(N)“A quart^[a] of wheat for a denarius,^[b] and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and ^(O)do not harm the oil and wine!”

⁷When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of ^(P)the fourth living creature say, “Come!” ⁸And I looked, and behold, ^(Q)a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill ^(R)with sword and with famine and with pestilence and ^(S)by wild beasts of the earth.

⁹When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^(T)the altar ^(U)the souls of those who had been slain ^(V)for the word of God and for ^(W)the witness they had borne. ¹⁰They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, ^(X)holy and true, ^(Y)how long ^(Z)before you will judge and ^(AA)avenge our blood on ^(AB)those who dwell on the earth?” ¹¹Then they were each given ^(AC)a white robe and ^(AD)told to rest a little longer, ^(AE)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers^[c] ^(AF)should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

¹²When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, ^(AG)there was a great earthquake, and ^(AH)the sun became black as ^(AI)sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, ¹³and ^(AJ)the stars of the sky fell to the earth ^(AK)as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. ¹⁴^(AL)The sky vanished ^(AM)like a scroll that is being rolled up, and ^(AN)every mountain and island was removed from its place. ¹⁵Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave^[d] and free, ^(AO)hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, ¹⁶^(AP)calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of ^(AQ)him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, ¹⁷for ^(AR)the great day of their wrath has come, and ^(AS)who can stand?”

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Revelation 6:6 Greek choinix, a dry measure equal to about a quart
Revelation 6:6 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
Revelation 6:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
Revelation 6:15 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface