Isaiah 34:5-17
Legacy Standard Bible
5 For (A)My sword is satiated in heaven;
Behold, it shall descend for judgment upon (B)Edom
And upon the people whom I have (C)devoted to destruction.
6 The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood;
It is [a]sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For Yahweh has a sacrifice in (D)Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of (E)Edom.
7 (F)And wild oxen will also [b]fall with them,
And (G)young bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be (H)soaked with blood,
And their dust [c]become greasy with fat.
8 For Yahweh has a day of (I)vengeance,
A year of recompense for the [d]cause of Zion.
9 [e]And its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its dust into (J)brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
10 It will (K)not be quenched night or day;
Its (L)smoke will go up forever.
From (M)generation to generation it will be laid waste;
(N)None will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But [f](O)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And [g]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the (P)line of utter formlessness
And the [h]plumb line of utter void.
12 Its nobles—there is (Q)no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its princes will be (R)non-existent.
13 And thorns will come up in its (S)fortified towers,
Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of (T)jackals
And an abode of ostriches.
14 And the desert (U)creatures will meet with the [i]wolves;
The [j](V)hairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Surely, the [k]night creature will obtain relief there
And will find itself a resting place.
15 The [l]owl will make its nest and find its escape there,
And it will hatch its eggs and gather them in its shade.
Surely, (W)the [m]falcons will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.
16 Seek from the (X)book of Yahweh, and read:
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For [n](Y)His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.
17 He has cast the (Z)lot for them,
And His hand has divided it to them by (AA)line.
They shall possess it forever;
From (AB)generation to generation they will dwell in it.
Footnotes
- 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 34:5-17
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 For (A)My sword is satiated in heaven,
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon (B)Edom
And upon the people whom I have (C)devoted to destruction.
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is [a]sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in (D)Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of (E)Edom.
7 (F)Wild oxen will also [b]fall with them
And (G)young bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be (H)soaked with blood,
And their dust [c]become greasy with fat.
8 For the Lord has a day of (I)vengeance,
A year of recompense for the [d]cause of Zion.
9 [e]Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into (J)brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
10 It will (K)not be quenched night or day;
Its (L)smoke will go up forever.
From (M)generation to generation it will be desolate;
(N)None will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But [f](O)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And [g]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the (P)line of [h]desolation
And the [i]plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles—there is (Q)no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its princes will be (R)nothing.
13 Thorns will come up in its (S)fortified towers,
Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of (T)jackals
And an abode of ostriches.
14 The desert (U)creatures will meet with the [j]wolves,
The [k](V)hairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Yes, the [l]night monster will settle there
And will find herself a resting place.
15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,
And it will hatch and gather them under its [m]protection.
Yes, (W)the [n]hawks will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.
16 Seek from the (X)book of the Lord, and read:
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For [o](Y)His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.
17 He has cast the (Z)lot for them,
And His hand has divided it to them by (AA)line.
They shall possess it forever;
From (AB)generation to generation they will dwell in it.
Footnotes
- 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 I.e. Edom’s
- Isaiah 34:11 Or owl or jackdaw
- Isaiah 34:11 Or great horned owl
- Isaiah 34:11 Or formlessness
- Isaiah 34:11 Lit stones of void
- Isaiah 34:14 Or howling creatures
- Isaiah 34:14 Or demon
- Isaiah 34:14 Heb Lilith
- Isaiah 34:15 Lit shade
- Isaiah 34:15 Or kites
- Isaiah 34:16 So DSS; M.T. My
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