Isaiah 34:1

Isaiah 34:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
• New International Version (NIV)Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Draw near, O nations, to hear, and give attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes from it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it.

Context of Isaiah 34:1

Come near, you nations, and listen! Pay attention, you people! The earth and everything it contains must listen, the world and everything that lives in it. 2For the Lord is angry at all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will annihilate them and slaughter them. 3Their slain will be left unburied, their corpses will stink; the hills will soak up their blood.

Isaiah 34:1 word by word

קִרְב֤וּ גוֹיִם֙ לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים הַקְשִׁ֑יבוּ תִּשְׁמַ֤ע הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וּמְלֹאָ֔הּ תֵּבֵ֖ל וְכָל־צֶאֱצָאֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Come nearקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• ye nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• to hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• and hearkenקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• ye peopleלְאֹםle'ôm le'ôm · peopleH3816
• let the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and all that is thereinמְלֹאmelô' melô' melô · fullnessH4393
• the worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
• and all things that come forthצֶאֱצָאtse'ĕtsâ' · offspringH6631

Cross-references for Isaiah 34:1

• Isaiah 18:3All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown.
• Isaiah 33:13You who are far away, listen to what I have done! You who are close by, recognize my strength!”
• Isaiah 41:1“Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!
• Isaiah 43:9All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm, ‘It is true.’
• Isaiah 49:1Listen to me, you coastlands! Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world.
• Judges 5:3Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the Lord! I will sing to the Lord God of Israel!
• Psalms 49:1Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world!
• Psalms 50:1El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west.
• Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! The world is established, it cannot be moved. He judges the nations fairly.”
• Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Revelation 2:7The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.’
• Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the Lord speaks: “I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!
• Deuteronomy 4:16I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,
• Deuteronomy 32:1Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• Jeremiah 22:29O land of Judah, land of Judah, land of Judah! Listen to what the Lord has to say!
• Micah 6:1Listen to what the Lord says: “Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!”

Commentaries on Isaiah 34:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Hearken "Attend unto me" - A MS. adds in this line the word אלי ali, unto me, after לאמים leummim ; which seems to be genuine.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Come near, ye nations, to hear - That is, to hear of the judgments which God was about to execute, and the great purposes which he was about to accomplish. If the supposition be correct, that this and the following chapter contain a summing up of all that the prophet had thus far uttered; a declaration that all the enemies of the people of God would be destroyed - the most violent and bitter of whom was Idumea; and that this was to be succeeded by the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1God's vengeance against the enemies of his church. (Is. 34:1-8) Their desolation. (Is. 34:9-17) Verses 1-8 Here is a prophecy of the wars of the Lord, all which are both righteous and successful. All nations are concerned. And as they have all had the benefit of his patience, so all must expect to feel his resentment. The description of bloodshed suggests tremendous ideas of the Divine judgments. Idumea here denotes the nations at enmity with the church…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-17This prophecy of judgment was against the nations at the terrifying day of the Lord (see study note on Isaiah 2:5–22; see also Isaiah 63:1–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-17The thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth chapters form one prophecy, the former part of which denounces God's judgment against His people's enemies, of whom Edom is the representative; the second part, of the flourishing state of the Church consequent on those judgments. This forms the termination of the prophecies of the first part of Isaiah (the thirty-sixth through thirty-ninth chapters being historical) and is a kind of summary of what went before, setting…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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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