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

2For the Lord is enraged against the nations. His fury is against all their armies. He will completely destroy them, dooming them to slaughter. 3Their dead will be left unburied, and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land. The mountains will flow with their blood. The heavens above will melt away and disappear like a rolled-up scroll. The stars will fall from the sky like withered leaves from a grapevine, or shriveled figs from a fig tree. 5And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens, it will fall upon Edom, the nation I have marked for destruction. 6The 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.

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 heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light.
• Isaiah 14:12“How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world.
• Psalms 102:25Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.
• Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless. I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.
• Ezekiel 32:7When I blot you out, I will veil the heavens and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give you its light.
• Joel 2:30And I will cause wonders in the heavens and on the earth— blood and fire and columns of smoke.
• Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
• Matthew 24:29“Immediately after the anguish of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will give no light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
• Mark 13:24“At that time, after the anguish of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will give no light,
• Acts 2:19And I will cause wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below— blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
• 2 Peter 3:7And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
• Revelation 6:13Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind.
• Revelation 8:12Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one-third of the sun was struck, and one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars, and they became dark. And one-third of the day was dark, and also one-third of the night.
• Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.

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