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Jesaja 34
Het Boek
Jesaja 34
Het Boek
Gods oordeel over zijn vijanden
34 Kom hier en luister, volken van de aarde, laat de hele wereld en alles wat erop leeft, mijn woorden horen. 2 Want de Here is toornig tegen de volken. Hij keert zijn toorn tegen hun legers. Hij zal hen volledig vernietigen en blootstellen aan een slachting. 3 Hun doden zullen niet worden begraven en de stank van rottende lichamen zal het land vullen en hun bloed zal langs de berghellingen naar beneden vloeien. 4 In die tijd wordt de hemel als een boekrol opgerold. De sterren zullen als bladeren vallen, net als het verwelkte blad van de wijnstok en het dorre gebladerte van de vijgenboom.
5 In de hemel wordt het zwaard van de Here scherp gemaakt. Kijk, nu daalt het op Edom neer, het volk dat ik heb vervloekt. 6 Het zwaard van de Here is bevlekt met bloed en druipt van vet, alsof het gebruikt is voor het slachten van lammeren en geiten voor de offerdienst. Want de Here zal een grote slachting aanrichten in Edom. 7 Hun leger zal het onderspit delven, alsof het ging om wilde stieren en buffels. Het land zal worden doordrenkt met het bloed en de aarde zal glimmen van vet. 8 Want het is de dag van de wraak, het jaar van vergelding voor wat Edom Israël heeft aangedaan. 9 De rivieren van Edom zullen gevuld zijn met brandende pek en de grond zal met vuur zijn bedekt. 10 Deze berechting van Edom zal nooit eindigen. De rook zal blijven opstijgen. Het land zal van generatie op generatie verlaten blijven liggen, nooit zal zich daar meer iemand vestigen. 11 De pelikanen en roerdompen, uilen en raven zullen er voortaan leven. Want God zal de verwoesting breed uitmeten en de leegheid van het land vaststellen. Hij zal zijn edelen op de proef stellen en vaststellen dat niemand van hen het koningschap waard is. 12 Het zal ‘Niemandsland’ worden genoemd en de vorsten van dat land zullen verdwenen zijn. 13 Dorens zullen de paleizen overwoekeren en in de burchten zullen netels en distels groeien. Alleen jakhalzen en struisvogels zullen zich daar nog op hun gemak voelen. 14 Er zullen wolven en hyenaʼs zijn. Hun gehuil zal klinken in de stilte van de nacht. De nachtmonsters zullen daar elkaars schreeuw beantwoorden en de boze geesten zullen daar komen rusten. 15 De pijlslang zal haar eieren leggen, ze uitbroeden en haar jongen koesteren. Gieren zullen er komen, in paren. 16 Zoek het op in het Boek van de Here en ontdek alles wat Hij zal gaan doen, Hij zal geen enkel detail vergeten, want de Here heeft het gezegd en zijn Geest zal zorgen dat het allemaal zo gebeurt. 17 Hij heeft het land verkend en verdeeld onder die wezens, zij zullen het voor altijd bezitten, van generatie op generatie.
Isaiah 34
King James Version
Isaiah 34
King James Version
34 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
8 For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
16 Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Isaiah 34
New International Version
Isaiah 34
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)
2 The 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)
3 Their slain(H) will be thrown out,
their dead bodies(I) will stink;(J)
the mountains will be soaked with their blood.(K)
4 All 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.
5 My sword(P) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
see, it descends in judgment on Edom,(Q)
the people I have totally destroyed.(R)
6 The sword(S) of the Lord is bathed in blood,
it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice(T) in Bozrah(U)
and a great slaughter(V) in the land of Edom.
7 And the wild oxen(W) will fall with them,
the bull calves and the great bulls.(X)
Their land will be drenched with blood,(Y)
and the dust will be soaked with fat.
8 For the Lord has a day(Z) of vengeance,(AA)
a year of retribution,(AB) to uphold Zion’s cause.
9 Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her dust into burning sulfur;(AC)
her land will become blazing pitch!
10 It will not be quenched(AD) night or day;
its smoke will rise forever.(AE)
From generation to generation(AF) it will lie desolate;(AG)
no one will ever pass through it again.
11 The desert owl[b](AH) and screech owl[c] will possess it;
the great owl[d] and the raven(AI) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom(AJ)
the measuring line of chaos(AK)
and the plumb line(AL) of desolation.
12 Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
all her princes(AM) will vanish(AN) away.
13 Thorns(AO) will overrun her citadels,
nettles and brambles her strongholds.(AP)
She will become a haunt for jackals,(AQ)
a home for owls.(AR)
14 Desert creatures(AS) will meet with hyenas,(AT)
and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures(AU) will also lie down
and find for themselves places of rest.
15 The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
she will hatch them, and care for her young
under the shadow of her wings;(AV)
there also the falcons(AW) will gather,
each with its mate.
16 Look in the scroll(AX) of the Lord and read:
None of these will be missing,(AY)
not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth(AZ) that has given the order,(BA)
and his Spirit will gather them together.
17 He allots their portions;(BB)
his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
and dwell there from generation to generation.(BC)
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 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
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