Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 34:8
8For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a time of paying back Edom for its hostility against Zion.
Isaiah 34:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
- New International Version (NIV)For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Context of Isaiah 34:8
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. 7The wild oxen will be struck down with them, and young bulls with the mighty bulls. Their land will be soaked with blood, and their soil will be saturated with fat. For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a time of paying back Edom for its hostility against Zion. 9Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch, her soil into sulfur; her land will become burning pitch. 10It will never go out — day or night. Its smoke will go up forever. It will be desolate, from generation to generation; no one will pass through it forever and ever.
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כִּ֛י י֥וֹם נָקָ֖ם לַֽיהוָ֑ה שְׁנַ֥ת שִׁלּוּמִ֖ים לְרִ֥יב צִיּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 34:8
- Isaiah 26:21For look, the Lord is coming from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal the blood shed on it and will no longer conceal her slain.
- Isaiah 35:4Say to the cowardly: “Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.”
- Isaiah 49:26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. Then all humanity will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness as body armor, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
- Isaiah 61:2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn,
- Isaiah 63:4For I planned the day of vengeance, and the year of my redemption came.
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance and retribution belong to me. In time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Psalms 94:1Lord, God of vengeance — God of vengeance, shine!
- Micah 6:1Now listen to what the Lord is saying: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your complaint.
- Luke 18:7Will not God grant justice to his elect who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay helping them?
- Romans 2:5Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you
- Revelation 6:10They cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, the one who is holy and true, how long until you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced on her the judgment she passed on you!
- Revelation 19:2because his judgments are true and righteous, because he has judged the notorious prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality; and he has avenged the blood of his servants that was on her hands.
Commentaries on Isaiah 34:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion "The year of recompense to the defender of the cause of Zion" - As from דון dun, דין din, a judge; so from רוב rub, ריב rib, an advocate, or defender; Judici Sionis: Syriac.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For it is the day of the Lord‘s vengeance - A time when Yahweh will take vengeance. The year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion - The time when he will recompense, that is, punish those who have had a controversy with Zion.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The Lord’s revenge means God’s just anger against his enemies and those who oppress his people on the day of the Lord. a year of recompense: There will be payback for Edom’s wrongs against Judah (see also Psalm 137:7; Lamentations 4:21; Obadiah; Malachi 1:3–5). Edom, known for its betrayal, will meet its end.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. recompenses for the controversy of Zion--that is, the year when God will retaliate on those who have contended with Zion. Her controversy is His. Edom had thought to extend its borders by laying hold of its neighbor's lands and has instigated Babylon to cruelty towards fallen Judah (Psa 137:7; Eze 36:5); therefore Edom shall suffer the same herself (La 4:21, 22). The final winding up of the controversy between God and all enemies of Him and His people…Read the comment
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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
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