Isaiah 34:7

Isaiah 34:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
• New International Version (NIV)And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Wild oxen shall fall with them, and young steers with the mighty bulls. Their land shall drink its fill of blood, and their soil shall be gorged with fat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The 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.”

Context of Isaiah 34:7

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. Even men as strong as wild oxen will die— the young men alongside the veterans. The land will be soaked with blood and the soil enriched with fat. 8For it is the day of the Lord’s revenge, the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel. 9The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire.

Isaiah 34:7 word by word

וְיָרְד֤וּ רְאֵמִים֙ עִמָּ֔ם וּפָרִ֖ים עִם־אַבִּירִ֑ים וְרִוְּתָ֤ה אַרְצָם֙ מִדָּ֔ם וַעֲפָרָ֖ם מֵחֵ֥לֶב יְדֻשָּֽׁן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the unicornsרְאֵםre'êm re'êym rêym rêm · wild oxH7214
• shall come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• with them, and the bullocksפַּרpar pâr · bullockH6499
• with the bullsאַבִּיר'abbîyr · mighty: oxH47
• and their landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall be soakedרָוָהrâvâh · to quenchH7301
• with bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• and their dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• made fatדָּשֵׁןdâshên · to prosperH1878
• with fatnessחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459

Cross-references for Isaiah 34:7

• Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
• Numbers 24:8God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox. He devours all the nations that oppose him, breaking their bones in pieces, shooting them with arrows.
• Deuteronomy 33:17Joseph has the majesty of a young bull; he has the horns of a wild ox. He will gore distant nations, even to the ends of the earth. This is my blessing for the multitudes of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.”
• Job 39:9“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall?
• Psalms 92:10But you have made me as strong as a wild ox. You have anointed me with the finest oil.
• Psalms 68:30Rebuke these enemy nations— these wild animals lurking in the reeds, this herd of bulls among the weaker calves. Make them bring bars of silver in humble tribute. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
• Jeremiah 46:21Egypt’s mercenaries have become like fattened calves. They, too, will turn and run, for it is a day of great disaster for Egypt, a time of great punishment.
• Jeremiah 50:11“You rejoice and are glad, you who plundered my chosen people. You frisk about like a calf in a meadow and neigh like a stallion.
• Isaiah 34:3Their dead will be left unburied, and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land. The mountains will flow with their blood.

Commentaries on Isaiah 34:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The unicorns shall come down - ראמים reemim, translated wild goats by Bishop Lowth. The ראם reem Bochart thinks to be a species of wild goat in the deserts of Arabia. It seems generally to mean the rhinoceros. With blood "With their blood" - מדמם middamam ; so two ancient MSS. of Kennicott's the Syriac, and Chaldee.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And the unicorns - Margin, Rhinoceros‘ (ראמים re'ēmı̂ym from ראם re'êm ). This was evidently an animal well known in Palestine, since it is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament (Numbers 23:22; Deuteronomy 33:17; Job 39:9-10; Psalm 22:21; Psalm 29:6; Psalm 92:10, in all which places it is translated unicorn, or unicorn). The derivation of the word is uncertain, and it has been regarded as doubtful what animal is intended. The corresponding Arabic…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. 77. unicorns--Hebrew, reem: conveying the idea of loftiness, power, and pre-eminence (see on Job 39:9), in the Bible. At one time the image in the term answers to a reality in nature; at another it symbolizes an abstraction. The rhinoceros was the original type. The Arab rim is two-horned: it was the oryx (the leucoryx, antelope, bold and pugnacious); but when accident or artifice deprived it of one horn, the notion of the unicorn arose. Here is meant the…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 34:7

• Unicorn (Wild Ox, Rsv)
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• Bullock
• Scroll
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• Unicorn
• Fatness
• Isaiah
• Obadiah, Book of
• Rhinoceros
• Wild Ox
• Edom, Idumaea or Idumea

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