Isaiah 34:6

Isaiah 34:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The sword 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 in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood; it is gorged 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Context of Isaiah 34:6

4And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered [fruit] from the fig-tree. 5For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment. The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7And the buffaloes 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. 8For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.

Isaiah 34:6 word by word

חֶ֣רֶב לַיהוָ֞ה מָלְאָ֥ה דָם֙ הֻדַּ֣שְׁנָה מֵחֵ֔לֶב מִדַּ֤ם כָּרִים֙ וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים מֵחֵ֖לֶב כִּלְי֣וֹת אֵילִ֑ים כִּ֣י זֶ֤בַח לַֽיהוָה֙ בְּבָצְרָ֔ה וְטֶ֥בַח גָּד֖וֹל בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

• swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• lambsכַּרkar · ramH3733
• goatsעַתּוּד‛attûd ‛attûd · goatH6260
• kidneysכִּלְיָהkilyâh · kidneyH3629
• ramsאַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352
• sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
• Bozrahבׇּצְרָהbotsrâh · BozrahH1224
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• slaughterטֶ֫בַחţebach · slaughterH2874
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Edomאֱדוֹם'ĕdôm 'ĕdôm · EdomH123

Cross-references for Isaiah 34:6

• Isaiah 63:3I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all mine apparel.
• Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
• Ezekiel 21:4Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north;
• Deuteronomy 32:14Cream of kine, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the fat of kidneys of wheat; And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.
• Isaiah 34:5For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.
• Isaiah 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? — I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
• Jeremiah 50:27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
• Jeremiah 51:40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
• Ezekiel 39:17And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every wing, and to every beast of the field, Gather yourselves together and come, assemble yourselves on every side to my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
• Zephaniah 1:7Be silent at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath hallowed his guests.
• Revelation 19:17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves to the great supper of God,

Commentaries on Isaiah 34:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The Lord hath a sacrifice "For Jehovah celebrateth a sacrifice" - Ezekiel, Ezekiel 39:16, Ezekiel 39:17, has manifestly imitated this place of Isaiah. He hath set forth the great leaders and princes of the adverse powers under the same emblems of goats, bulls, rams, fatlings, etc., and has added to the boldness of the imagery, by introducing God as summoning all the fowls of the air, and all the beasts of the field, and bidding them to the feast which he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The sword of the Lord is filled with blood - The idea here is taken from the notion of sacrifice, and is, that God would devote to sacrifice, or to destruction, the inhabitants of Idumea. With reference to that, he says, that his sword, the instrument of slaughter, would be satiated with blood. “It is made fat with fatness.” The allusion here is to the sacrifices which were made for sin, in which the blood. and the fat were devoted to God as an offering…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Bozrah was a city in Edom, southeast of the Dead Sea.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. filled--glutted. The image of a sacrifice is continued. blood ... fat--the parts especially devoted to God in a sacrifice (2Sa 1:22). lambs ... goats--sacrificial animals: the Idumeans, of all classes, doomed to slaughter, are meant (Zep 1:7). Bozrah--called Bostra by the Romans, &c., assigned in Jr 48:24 to Moab, so that it seems to have been at one time in the dominion of Edom, and at another in that of Moab (Is 63:1; Jr 49:13, 20, 22); it was…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 34:6

• Bozrah
• Sacrifices
• War

In the dictionaries

• Edom, Idumaea or Idumea
• Bozrah
• Idumaea
• Scroll
• Seek
• Armor; Arms
• Fatness
• Isaiah
• Kidneys
• Obadiah, Book of

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