Isaiah 34

Berean Standard Bible

Judgment on the Nations

1Come nearH7126, O nationsH1471, to listenH8085; pay attentionH7181, O peoplesH3816. Let the earthH776 hearH8085, and all that fills itH4393, the worldH8398 and allH3605 that springs from itH6631.2 The LORDH3068 is angryH7110 withH5921 allH3605 the nationsH1471 and furiousH2534 with all their armiesH6635. He will devote them to destructionH2763;1 He will give them overH5414 to slaughterH2874.3Their slainH2491 will be left unburiedH7993, and the stenchH889 of their corpsesH6297 will riseH5927; the mountainsH2022 will flowH4549 with their bloodH1818.

4AllH3605 the starsH6635 of heavenH8064 will be dissolvedH4743. The skiesH8064 will be rolled upH1556 like a scrollH5612, and all their starsH6635 H3605 will fallH5034 like witheredH5034 leavesH5929 from the vineH1612, like foliageH5034 from the fig treeH8384.

5WhenH3588 My swordH2719 has drunk its fillH7301 in the heavensH8064,thenH2009 it will come downH3381 uponH5921 EdomH123,uponH5921 the peopleH5971 I have devotedH2764 to destructionH4639.6The swordH2719 of the LORDH3068 is bathedH4390 in bloodH1818.It dripsH1878 with fatH2459—with the bloodH1818 of lambsH3733 and goatsH6260,with the fatH2459 of the kidneysH3629 of ramsH352.ForH3588 the LORDH3068 has a sacrificeH2077 in BozrahH1224,a greatH1419 slaughterH2874 in the landH776 of EdomH123.7And the wild oxenH7214 will fallH3381 with themH5973,the young bullsH6499 withH5973 the strongH47 ones.Their landH776 will be drenchedH7301 with bloodH1818,and their soilH6083 will be soakedH1878 with fatH2459.

8ForH3588 the LORDH3068 has a dayH3117 of vengeanceH5359,a yearH8141 of recompenseH7966 for the causeH7379 of ZionH6726.29Edom’s streamsH5158 will be turnedH2015 to tarH2203,and her soilH6083 to sulfurH1614;her landH776 will becomeH1961 a blazingH1197 pitchH2203.10It will notH3808 be quenchedH3518—dayH3119 or nightH3915.Its smokeH6227 will ascendH5927 foreverH5769.From generationH1755 to generationH1755 it will lie desolateH2717;no oneH369 will ever againH5331 passH5674 through it.11The desert owlH6893 and screech owlH7090 will possess itH3423,and the great owlH3244 and ravenH6158 will dwellH7931 in it.3

The LORD will stretch outH5186 overH5921 Edoma measuring lineH6957 of chaosH8414and a plumb lineH68 of destructionH922.12NoH369 H8033 noblesH2715 will be left to proclaimH7121 a kingH4410,and allH3605 her princesH8269 will comeH1961 to nothingH657.13Her towersH759 will be overgrownH5927 with thornsH5518,her fortressesH4013 with thistlesH7057 and briersH2336.She will becomeH1961 a hauntH5116 for jackalsH8577,4an abodeH2681 for ostrichesH1323 H3284.514The desert creaturesH6728 will meetH6298 with hyenasH338,and one wild goatH8163 will callH7121 toH5921 anotherH7453.ThereH389 H8033 the night creatureH3917 6 will settleH7280and findH4672 her place of reposeH4494.15ThereH8033 the owl willH7091 make her nestH7077;she will layH4422 and hatch her eggsH1234and gatherH1716 her brood under her shadowH6738.EvenH389 thereH8033 the birds of preyH1772 will gatherH6908,eachH802 with its mateH7468.

16SearchH1875 H5921 and readH7121 the scrollH5612 of the LORDH3068:

NotH3808 oneH259 of these will go missingH5737,not oneH802 H3808 will lackH6485 her mateH7468,becauseH3588 HeH1931 has orderedH6680 it by His mouthH6310,and HeH1931 will gather themH6908 by His SpiritH7307.17HeH1931 has allottedH5307 their portionH1486;His handH3027 has distributedH2505 it by measureH6957.They will possessH3423 it foreverH5704 H5769;they will dwellH7931 in it from generationH1755 to generationH1755.

1. Isaiah 34:2 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also in verse 5. ↩
2. Isaiah 34:8 Or of recompense for (Edom’s) hostility against Zion. ↩
3. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain. ↩
4. Isaiah 34:13 Or serpents or dragons ↩
5. Isaiah 34:13 Literally for daughters of an ostrich or for daughters of an owl ↩
6. Isaiah 34:14 Hebrew Lilith ↩