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 Living Translation (NLT)Come here and listen, O nations of the earth. Let the world and everything in it hear my words.

Context of Isaiah 34:1

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. 2For the indignation of the Lord is against all nations, And His fury against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to the slaughter. 3Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with 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 inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth: When he lifts up a banner on the mountains, you see it; And when he blows a trumpet, you hear it.
• Isaiah 33:13Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
• Isaiah 41:1“Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the people renew their strength! Let them come near, then let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment.
• Isaiah 43:9Let all the nations be gathered together, And let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this, And show us former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”
• Isaiah 49:1“Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The Lord has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.
• Judges 5:3“Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
• Psalms 49:1Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
• Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God the Lord, Has spoken and called the earth From the rising of the sun to its going down.
• Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.”
• Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Revelation 2:7“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’
• Isaiah 1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me;
• Deuteronomy 4:16lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female,
• Deuteronomy 32:1“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, Hear the word of the Lord!
• Micah 6:1Hear now what the Lord says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice.

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