Isaiah 34:6

Isaiah 34:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
• New International Version (NIV)The sword of the Lord is bathed in blood, it is covered with fat— the blood of lambs and goats, fat from the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood; it is gorged with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The sword of the Lord is drenched with blood and covered with fat— with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice. Yes, the Lord will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah. He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.

Context of Isaiah 34:6

4All 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. 5“For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment. The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7The wild oxen shall come down with them, And the young bulls with the mighty bulls; Their land shall be soaked with blood, And their dust saturated with fatness.” 8For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Isaiah 34:6 word by word

חֶ֣רֶב לַיהוָ֞ה מָלְאָ֥ה דָם֙ הֻדַּ֣שְׁנָה מֵחֵ֔לֶב מִדַּ֤ם כָּרִים֙ וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים מֵחֵ֖לֶב כִּלְי֣וֹת אֵילִ֑ים כִּ֣י זֶ֤בַח לַֽיהוָה֙ בְּבָצְרָ֔ה וְטֶ֥בַח גָּד֖וֹל בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• is filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• with bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• it is made fatדָּשֵׁןdâshên · to prosperH1878
• with fatnessחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• of lambsכַּרkar · ramH3733
• and goatsעַתּוּד‛attûd ‛attûd · goatH6260
• of the kidneysכִּלְיָהkilyâh · kidneyH3629
• of ramsאַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352
• hath a sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
• in Bozrahבׇּצְרָהbotsrâh · BozrahH1224
• and a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• slaughterטֶ֫בַחţebach · slaughterH2874
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Idumeaאֱדוֹם'ĕdôm 'ĕdôm · EdomH123

Cross-references for Isaiah 34:6

• Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, And from the peoples no one was with Me. For I have trodden them in My anger, And trampled them in My fury; Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments, And I have stained all My robes.
• Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by Myself,” says the Lord, “that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.”
• Ezekiel 21:4Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,
• Deuteronomy 32:14Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs; And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the choicest wheat; And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.
• Isaiah 34:5“For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
• Isaiah 63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, With dyed garments from Bozrah, This One who is glorious in His apparel, Traveling in the greatness of His strength?— “I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
• Jeremiah 50:27Slay all her bulls, Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their punishment.
• Jeremiah 51:40“I will bring them down Like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with male goats.
• Ezekiel 39:17“And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, ‘Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field: “Assemble yourselves and come; Gather together from all sides to My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you, A great sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel, That you may eat flesh and drink blood.
• Zephaniah 1:7Be silent in the presence of the Lord God; For the day of the Lord is at hand, For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.
• Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God,

Commentaries on Isaiah 34:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The Lord hath a sacrifice "For Jehovah celebrateth a sacrifice" - Ezekiel, Ezekiel 39:16, Ezekiel 39:17, has manifestly imitated this place of Isaiah. He hath set forth the great leaders and princes of the adverse powers under the same emblems of goats, bulls, rams, fatlings, etc., and has added to the boldness of the imagery, by introducing God as summoning all the fowls of the air, and all the beasts of the field, and bidding them to the feast which he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The sword of the Lord is filled with blood - The idea here is taken from the notion of sacrifice, and is, that God would devote to sacrifice, or to destruction, the inhabitants of Idumea. With reference to that, he says, that his sword, the instrument of slaughter, would be satiated with blood. “It is made fat with fatness.” The allusion here is to the sacrifices which were made for sin, in which the blood. and the fat were devoted to God as an offering…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Bozrah was a city in Edom, southeast of the Dead Sea.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. filled--glutted. The image of a sacrifice is continued. blood ... fat--the parts especially devoted to God in a sacrifice (2Sa 1:22). lambs ... goats--sacrificial animals: the Idumeans, of all classes, doomed to slaughter, are meant (Zep 1:7). Bozrah--called Bostra by the Romans, &c., assigned in Jr 48:24 to Moab, so that it seems to have been at one time in the dominion of Edom, and at another in that of Moab (Is 63:1; Jr 49:13, 20, 22); it was…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 34:6

• Bozrah
• Sacrifices
• War

In the dictionaries

• Edom, Idumaea or Idumea
• Bozrah
• Idumaea
• Scroll
• Seek
• Armor; Arms
• Fatness
• Isaiah
• Kidneys
• Obadiah, Book of

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