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Isaiah 34:1-15 1 Come near , ye nations גוֹיִם֙ go.Yim H1471 , to hear לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ lish.Mo.a' H8085 ; and hearken, ye peoples H3816 : let the earth הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ ha.'A.retz H776 hear תִּשְׁמַ֤ע tish.Ma' H8085 , and all its fulness; the world תֵּבֵ֖ל te.Vel H8398 , and all that cometh forth of it . 2 For the wrath H2534 of Jehovah is against all the nations הַגּוֹיִ֔ם ha.go.Yim H1471 , and [ his ] fury against all their armies צְבָאָ֑ם tze.va.'Am H6635 : he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter לַטָּֽבַח׃ la.Ta.vach H2874 . 3 And their slain וְחַלְלֵיהֶ֣ם ve.cha.lei.Hem H2491 shall be cast H7993 out , and their stink shall come H5927 up from their carcases, and the mountains הָרִ֖ים ha.Rim H2022 shall be melted וְנָמַ֥סּוּ ve.na.Ma.su H4549 with their blood מִדָּמָֽם׃ mi.da.Mam H1818 . 4 And all the host צְבָ֣א tze.Va' H6635 of the heavens הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim H8064 shall be dissolved, and the heavens הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim H8064 shall be rolled וְנָגֹ֥לּוּ ve.na.Go.lu H1556 together as a scroll כַסֵּ֖פֶר kha.Se.fer H5612 ; and all their host צְבָאָ֣ם tze.va.'Am H6635 shall fade away וְנָמַ֙קּוּ֙ ve.na.Ma.ku H4743 , as a leaf H5929 fadeth from off the vine מִגֶּ֔פֶן mi.Ge.fen H1612 , and as the withered [ fruit ] from the fig-tree. 5 For my sword חַרְבִּ֑י char.Bi H2719 is bathed in the heavens בַשָּׁמַ֖יִם va.sha.Ma.yim H8064 ; behold , it shall come תֵּרֵ֔ד te.Red H3381 down upon Edom אֱד֣וֹם 'e.Dom H123 , and upon the people עַ֥ם 'am H5971 of my ban, to judgment לְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ le.mish.Pat H4941 . 6 The sword חֶ֣רֶב Che.rev H2719 of Jehovah is filled H4390 with blood דָם֙ dam H1818 , it is made fat מֵחֵ֔לֶב me.Che.lev H2459 with fatness , with the blood מִדַּ֤ם mi.Dam H1818 of lambs כָּרִים֙ ka.Rim H3733 and goats וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים ve.'a.tu.Dim H6260 , with the fat מֵחֵ֖לֶב me.Che.lev H2459 of the kidneys כִּלְי֣וֹת kil.Yot H3629 of rams אֵילִ֑ים 'ei.Lim H352 ; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice זֶ֤בַח Ze.vach H2077 in Bozrah בְּבָצְרָ֔ה be.va.tze.Rah H1224 , and a great גָּד֖וֹל ga.Dol H1419 slaughter וְטֶ֥בַח ve.Te.vach H2874 in the land בְּאֶ֥רֶץ be.'E.retz H776 of Edom אֱדֽוֹם׃ 'e.Dom H123 . 7 And the buffaloes shall come H3381 down with them , and the bullocks with the bulls וּפָרִ֖ים u.fa.Rim H6499 ; and their land אַרְצָם֙ 'ar.Tzam H776 shall be soaked with blood מִדָּ֔ם mi.Dam H1818 , and their dust וַעֲפָרָ֖ם va.'a.fa.Ram H6083 made fat מֵחֵ֥לֶב me.Che.lev H2459 with fatness . 8 For it is the day י֥וֹם Yom H3117 of Jehovah's vengeance נָקָ֖ם na.Kam H5359 , the year שְׁנַ֥ת she.Nat H8141 of recompenses for the controversy of Zion צִיּֽוֹן׃ tzi.Yon H6726 . 9 And the torrents thereof shall be H1961 turned H2015 into pitch לְזֶ֔פֶת le.Ze.fet H2203 , and its dust וַעֲפָרָ֖הּ va.'a.fa.Rah H6083 into brimstone ; yea, the land אַרְצָ֔הּ 'ar.Tzah H776 thereof shall become וְהָיְתָ֣ה ve.ha.ye.Tah H1961 burning בֹּעֵרָֽה׃ bo.'e.Rah H1197 pitch לְזֶ֖פֶת le.Ze.fet H2203 : 10 it shall not be quenched H3518 night לַ֤יְלָה Lay.lah H3915 nor day וְיוֹמָם֙ ve.yo.Mam H3119 ; the smoke עֲשָׁנָ֑הּ 'a.sha.Nah H6227 thereof shall go יַעֲלֶ֣ה ya.'a.Leh H5927 up for ever לְעוֹלָ֖ם le.'o.Lam H5769 : from generation מִדּ֤וֹר mi.Dor H1755 to generation לָדוֹר֙ la.dOr H1755 it shall lie waste; none shall pass H5674 through it for ever H5769 and ever H5769 . 11 And the pelican and the bittern shall possess H3423 it , and the great וְיַנְשׁ֥וֹף ve.yan.Shof H3244 owl H3244 and the raven וְעֹרֵ֖ב ve.'o.Rev H6158 shall dwell יִשְׁכְּנוּ־ yish.ke.nu- H7931 in it . And he shall stretch וְנָטָ֥ה ve.na.Tah H5186 out upon it the line of waste , and the plummets of emptiness בֹֽהוּ׃ Vo.hu H922 . 12 Of her nobles who should proclaim H7121 the kingdom , none are there ; and all her princes H8269 shall be יִ֥הְיוּ Yih.yu H1961 nought. 13 And thorns H2336 shall come up in her palaces , nettles קִמּ֥וֹשׂ ki.Mos H7057 and brambles in her fortresses H759 ; and it shall be וְהָיְתָה֙ ve.ha.ye.Tah H1961 a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches יַעֲנָֽה׃ ya.'a.Nah H3284 . 14 And there shall the beasts of the desert meet וּפָגְשׁ֤וּ u.fa.ge.Shu H6298 with the jackals , and the wild goat וְשָׂעִ֖יר ve.sa.'Ir H8163 shall cry to his fellow ; the lilith also shall settle there , and find וּמָצְאָ֥ה u.ma.tze.'Ah H4672 for herself a place מָנֽוֹחַ׃ ma.No.ach H4494 of rest H4494 . 15 There shall the arrow-snake make her nest קִנְּנָ֤ה ki.ne.Nah H7077 , and lay , and hatch H1234 , and gather נִקְבְּצ֥וּ nik.be.Tzu H6908 under her shadow בְצִלָּ֑הּ ve.tzi.Lah H6738 ; there also shall the vultures be gathered H6908 one with another . Read all of Isaiah 34 ← Isaiah 33 Isaiah 35 → Commentaries on Isaiah 34 Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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