Isaiah 34:10

Isaiah 34:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
• New International Version (NIV)It will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will rise forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever pass through it again.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It shall not be quenched night or day; Its smoke shall ascend forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; No one shall pass through it forever and ever.

Context of Isaiah 34:10

8The Lord will have a day of vengeance, a year of revenge in defense of Zion. 9Edom’s streams will be turned to tar. Its soil will be turned to burning sulfur. Its land will become blazing tar. They will not be extinguished day or night, and smoke will always go up from them. Edom will lie in ruins for generations. No one will ever travel through it. 11Pelicans and herons will take possession of the land. Owls and crows will live there. He will stretch the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of destruction over it. 12There are no nobles to rule a kingdom. All of its princes have disappeared.

Isaiah 34:10 word by word

לַ֤יְלָה וְיוֹמָם֙ לֹ֣א תִכְבֶּ֔ה לְעוֹלָ֖ם יַעֲלֶ֣ה עֲשָׁנָ֑הּ מִדּ֤וֹר לָדוֹר֙ תֶּחֱרָ֔ב לְנֵ֣צַח נְצָחִ֔ים אֵ֥ין עֹבֵ֖ר בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• It shall not be quenchedכָּבָהkâbâh · to quenchH3518
• nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• nor dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• the smokeעָשָׁן‛âshân · smokeH6227
• thereof shall go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• from generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• it shall lie wasteחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717
• none shall pass throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• it for everנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331

Cross-references for Isaiah 34:10

• Isaiah 1:31Strong people will become tinder for a fire, and their work will be the spark. Both of them will burn together, and there will be no one to put out the fire.
• Isaiah 66:24Then they will go out and look at the corpses of those who have rebelled against me. The worms that eat them will not die. The fire that burns them will not go out. All humanity will be disgusted by them.
• Jeremiah 7:20“This is what the Almighty Lord says: My anger and fury will be poured out on this place, on humans and animals, and on trees and crops. My anger and fury will burn and not be put out.
• Ezekiel 20:47Tell the forest in the Negev, ‘Listen to the Lord’s word. This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am about to set fire to you to destroy all your green trees and all your dry trees. The blazing fire will not be put out. It will burn the whole land from the south to the north.
• Mark 9:43“So if your hand causes you to lose your faith, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life disabled than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out.
• Revelation 14:10will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured unmixed into the cup of God’s anger. Then he will be tortured by fiery sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the lamb.
• Revelation 18:18When they saw the smoke rise from her raging fire, they repeatedly cried out, ‘Was there ever a city as important as this?’
• Revelation 19:3A second time they said, “Hallelujah! The smoke goes up from her forever and ever.”
• Isaiah 13:20It will never be inhabited again, and no one will live in it for generations. Arabs won’t pitch their tents there. Shepherds won’t let their flocks rest there.
• Ezekiel 29:11No human or animal will walk through it, and no one will live there for 40 years.
• Malachi 1:3but Esau I hated. I turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the jackals in the desert.

Commentaries on Isaiah 34:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10It shall not be quenched night nor day - That is, the burning brimstone and pitch Isaiah 34:9, the emblem of perpetual and entire desolation, shall not be extinguished. The smoke thereof shall go up for ever - Every river and rivulet is Supposed to be heated pitch, and every particle of dust sulphur, and a 1 on fire, sending up from an extended region dense columns of smoke to heaven. No idea of ruin could be more sublime; no idea of the vengeance of God…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 Those who aim to ruin the church, can never do that, but will ruin themselves. What dismal changes sin can make! It turns a fruitful land into barrenness, a crowded city into a wilderness. Let us compare all we discover in the book of the Lord, with the dealings of providence around us, that we may be more diligent in seeking the kingdom of God and his righteousness. What the mouth of the Lord has commanded, his Spirit will perform. And let us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10See also Revelation 14:11; 19:3.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. It--The burning pitch, &c. (Is 34:9). smoke ... for ever--(Re 14:11; 18:18; 19:3). generation to generation--(Mal 1:4). none ... pass through--Edom's original offense was: they would not let Israel pass through their land in peace to Canaan: God recompenses them in kind, no traveller shall pass through Edom. Volney, the infidel, was forced to confirm the truth of this prophecy: "From the reports of the Arabs, southeast of the Dead Sea, within three…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