Isaiah 34
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh’s Wrath Against the Nations
34 Draw near, (A)O nations, to hear; and pay attention, O peoples!
(B)Let the earth hear, as well as its fullness, the world and all that springs from it.
2 For the (C)indignation of Yahweh is against all the nations,
And His wrath against all their [a]hosts;
He has [b](D)devoted them to destruction;
He has given them over to (E)slaughter.
3 So their slain will be (F)cast out,
And their corpses [c]will give off their (G)stench,
And the mountains will [d]be drenched with their (H)blood.
4 And (I)all the host of heaven will rot away,
And the (J)sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.
5 For (K)My sword is satiated in heaven;
Behold, it shall descend for judgment upon (L)Edom
And upon the people whom I have (M)devoted to destruction.
6 The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood;
It is [e]sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For Yahweh has a sacrifice in (N)Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of (O)Edom.
7 (P)And wild oxen will also [f]fall with them,
And (Q)young bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be (R)soaked with blood,
And their dust [g]become greasy with fat.
8 For Yahweh has a day of (S)vengeance,
A year of recompense for the [h]cause of Zion.
9 [i]And its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its dust into (T)brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
10 It will (U)not be quenched night or day;
Its (V)smoke will go up forever.
From (W)generation to generation it will be laid waste;
(X)None will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But [j](Y)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And [k]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the (Z)line of utter formlessness
And the [l]plumb line of utter void.
12 Its nobles—there is (AA)no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its princes will be (AB)non-existent.
13 And thorns will come up in its (AC)fortified towers,
Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of (AD)jackals
And an abode of ostriches.
14 And the desert (AE)creatures will meet with the [m]wolves;
The [n](AF)hairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Surely, the [o]night creature will obtain relief there
And will find itself a resting place.
15 The [p]owl will make its nest and find its escape there,
And it will hatch its eggs and gather them in its shade.
Surely, (AG)the [q]falcons will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.
16 Seek from the (AH)book of Yahweh, and read:
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For [r](AI)His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.
17 He has cast the (AJ)lot for them,
And His hand has divided it to them by (AK)line.
They shall possess it forever;
From (AL)generation to generation they will dwell in it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:2 Lit host
- Isaiah 34:2 Or put them under the ban
- Isaiah 34:3 Lit their stench will go up
- Isaiah 34:3 Lit dissolve
- Isaiah 34:6 Lit made fat
- Isaiah 34:7 Lit go down
- Isaiah 34:7 Lit made fat
- Isaiah 34:8 Or controversy
- Isaiah 34:9 Edom’s
- Isaiah 34:11 Or owl, jackdaw
- Isaiah 34:11 Or great horned owl
- Isaiah 34:11 Lit stones of void
- Isaiah 34:14 Or howling creatures
- Isaiah 34:14 Or goat demon
- Isaiah 34:14 Heb Lilith
- Isaiah 34:15 Or tree snake
- Isaiah 34:15 Or hawks
- Isaiah 34:16 As in DSS; M.T. My
Isaiah 34
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Judgment of the Nations
34 You nations, come here and listen;
you peoples, pay attention!(A)
Let the earth hear, and all that fills it,
the world and all that comes from it.(B)
2 The Lord is angry with all the nations—
furious with all their armies.(C)
He will set them apart for destruction,(D)
giving them over to slaughter.
3 Their slain will be thrown out,
and the stench of their corpses will rise;(E)
the mountains will flow[a] with their blood.(F)
4 All[b] the heavenly bodies(G) will dissolve.
The skies will roll up like a scroll,(H)
and their stars will all wither
as leaves wither on the vine,
and foliage on the fig tree.(I)
The Judgment of Edom
5 When My sword has drunk its fill[c](J) in the heavens,
it will then come down on Edom(K)
and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
6 The 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.(L)
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,(M)
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 The wild oxen will be struck[d] down with them,
and young bulls with the mighty bulls.
Their land will be soaked with[e] blood,
and their soil will be saturated with fat.
8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,(N)
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
9 Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her soil into sulfur;(O)
her land will become burning pitch.
10 It will never go out—day or night.
Its smoke will go up forever.(P)
It will be desolate, from generation to generation;
no one will pass through it forever and ever.(Q)
11 The desert owl[f] and the screech owl[g] will possess it,
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.(R)
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.(S)
12 No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,
and all her princes will come to nothing.
13 Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.(T)
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode[h] for ostriches.(U)
14 The desert creatures will meet hyenas,
and one wild goat will call to another.
Indeed, the screech owl will stay there
and will find a resting place for herself.
15 The sand partridge[i] will make her nest there;
she will lay and hatch her eggs
and will gather her brood under her shadow.
Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,
each with its mate.(V)
16 Search and read the scroll of the Lord:(W)
Not one of them will be missing,
none will be lacking its mate,
because He has ordered it by my[j] mouth,
and He will gather them by His Spirit.
17 He has ordained a lot for them;
His hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.
They will possess it forever;(X)
they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:3 Or melt, or dissolve
- Isaiah 34:4 DSS read And the valleys will be split, and all
- Isaiah 34:5 DSS read sword will appear
- Isaiah 34:7 Or will go
- Isaiah 34:7 Or will drink its fill of
- Isaiah 34:11 Or The pelican
- Isaiah 34:11 Or the hedgehog
- Isaiah 34:13 DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads jackals, grass
- Isaiah 34:15 Or The arrow snake, or The owl
- Isaiah 34:16 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, DSS, Syr, Tg read His
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