Isaiah 34:1-4

New International Version

Judgment Against the Nations

34 Come near, you nations, and listen;^(A)
    pay attention, you peoples!^(B)
Let the earth^(C) hear, and all that is in it,
    the world, and all that comes out of it!^(D)
²The Lord is angry with all nations;
    his wrath^(E) is on all their armies.
He will totally destroy^[a]^(F) them,
    he will give them over to slaughter.^(G)
³Their slain^(H) will be thrown out,
    their dead bodies^(I) will stink;^(J)
    the mountains will be soaked with their blood.^(K)
⁴All the stars in the sky will be dissolved^(L)
    and the heavens rolled up^(M) like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall^(N)
    like withered^(O) leaves from the vine,
    like shriveled figs from the fig tree.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 34:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 5.

Isaiah 34:8

New International Version

⁸For the Lord has a day^(A) of vengeance,^(B)
a year of retribution,^(C) to uphold Zion’s cause.

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Isaiah 34:8 in all English translations

Jeremiah 25:31-35

New International Version

³¹The tumult^(A) will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the Lord will bring charges^(B) against the nations;
he will bring judgment^(C) on all^(D) mankind
and put the wicked to the sword,^(E)’”
declares the Lord.

³²This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Look! Disaster^(F) is spreading
from nation to nation;^(G)
a mighty storm^(H) is rising
from the ends of the earth.”^(I)

³³At that time those slain^(J) by the Lord will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered^(K) up or buried,^(L) but will be like dung lying on the ground.

³⁴Weep and wail, you shepherds;^(M)
    roll^(N) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered^(O) has come;
    you will fall like the best of the rams.^[a]^(P)
³⁵The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
    the leaders of the flock no place to escape.^(Q)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery

Joel 2:11

New International Version

¹¹The Lord^(A) thunders^(B)
    at the head of his army;^(C)
his forces are beyond number,
    and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the Lord is great;^(D)
    it is dreadful.
    Who can endure it?^(E)