Isaiah 34:4

Isaiah 34:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)All the stars in the sky will be dissolved and the heavens rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree.

Context of Isaiah 34:4

2The Lord is angry with all the nations, furious with all their armies. He will set them apart for destruction, giving them over to slaughter. 3Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. All the stars in the sky will dissolve. The sky will roll up like a scroll, and its stars will all wither as leaves wither on the vine, and foliage on the fig tree. 5When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, it will then come down on Edom and on the people I have set apart for destruction. 6The 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. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 34:4 word by word

וְנָמַ֙קּוּ֙ כָּל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנָגֹ֥לּוּ כַסֵּ֖פֶר הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְכָל־צְבָאָ֣ם יִבּ֔וֹל כִּנְבֹ֤ל עָלֶה֙ מִגֶּ֔פֶן וּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶת מִתְּאֵנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all the hostצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• shall be dissolvedמָקַקmâqaq · to rotH4743
• shall be rolled togetherגָּלַלgâlal · to rollH1556
• as a scrollסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: documentH5612
• shall fall downנָבֵלnâbêl · to witherH5034
• as the leafעָלֶה‛âleh · leafH5929
• from the vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• from the fig treeתְּאֵנָהte'ên te'ênâh · figH8384

Cross-references for Isaiah 34:4

• Isaiah 13:10Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shine.
• Isaiah 14:12Shining morning star, how you have fallen from the heavens! You destroyer of nations, you have been cut down to the ground.
• Psalms 102:25Long ago you established the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
• Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty. I looked to the heavens, and their light was gone.
• Ezekiel 32:7“‘When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
• Joel 2:30I will display wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
• Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will cease their shining.
• Matthew 24:29“Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
• Mark 13:24“But in those days, after that tribulation: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light;
• Acts 2:19I will display wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.
• 2 Peter 3:7By the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
• Revelation 6:13the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind;
• Revelation 8:12The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light and also a third of the night.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

Commentaries on Isaiah 34:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And all the host of heaven See note on Isaiah 24:21, and De Sacra Poesi Hebraeorum, Prael. ix.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And all the host of heaven - On the word host‘ (צבא tsâbâ' ), see the note at Isaiah 1:9. The heavenly bodies often represent kings and princes (compare the note at Isaiah 24:21). Shall be dissolved - (ינמקוּ venâmaqqû This figure Vitringa supposes to be taken from the common prejudice by which the stars appear to be crystals, or gems, set in the azure vault of heaven, which may melt and flow down by the application of heat. The sense is, that the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The skies … stars: See also Isaiah 13:10; Joel 2:30–31; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24–25; 2 Peter 3:10–13; Revelation 6:13–14.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (Psa 102:26; Joe 2:31; 3:15; Mt 24:29). dissolved--(2Pe 3:10-12). Violent convulsions of nature are in Scripture made the images of great changes in the human world (Is 24:19-21), and shall literally accompany them at the winding up of the present dispensation. scroll--Books were in those days sheets of parchment rolled together (Re 6:14). fall down--The stars shall fall when the heavens in which they are fixed pass away. fig tree--(Re 6:13).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 34:4

• Astronomy
• Heaven
• Stars
• War

In the dictionaries

• Host of heaven
• Leaf
• Scroll
• Seek
• Astronomy
• Fade
• Fig, Fig-Tree
• Isaiah
• Obadiah, Book of
• Roll (scroll)

Commentaries on Isaiah 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings