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. He is furious with all their armies. He has claimed them for destruction. He has handed them over to be slaughtered. 3Their dead bodies will be thrown out. A stench will rise from their corpses. Mountains will be red with their blood. All the stars in the sky will rot. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll. The stars will fall like leaves from a grapevine, like green figs from a fig tree. 5When my sword is covered ⌞with blood⌟ in the heavens, it will fall on Edom and on the people I’ve claimed for destruction. 6The Lord’s sword is covered with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams’ kidneys. The Lord will receive a sacrifice in Bozrah, a huge 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 13:10The stars in the sky and their constellations won’t show their light anymore. The sun will be dark when it rises. The moon won’t shine.
• Isaiah 14:12How you have fallen from heaven, you morning star, son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you conqueror of nations!
• Psalms 102:25Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth. Even the heavens are the works of your hands.
• Jeremiah 4:23I see the earth. It’s formless and empty. I see the sky. Its lights are gone.
• Ezekiel 32:7“ ‘When I put out your light, I will cover the sky and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with clouds, and the moon won’t shine anymore.
• Joel 2:30I will work miracles in the sky and on the earth: blood, fire, and clouds of smoke.
• Joel 3:15The sun and the moon will turn dark. The stars will no longer shine.
• Matthew 24:29“Immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not give light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the universe will be shaken.
• Mark 13:24“Now, after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not give light,
• Acts 2:19I will work miracles in the sky and give signs on the earth: blood, fire, and clouds of smoke.
• 2 Peter 3:7By God’s word, the present heaven and earth are designated to be burned. They are being kept until the day ungodly people will be judged and destroyed.
• Revelation 6:13The stars fell from the sky to the earth like figs dropping from a fig tree when it is shaken by a strong wind.
• Revelation 8:12When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. There was no light for one-third of the day and one-third of the night.
• Revelation 20:11I saw a large, white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence, but 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