Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 34

1ComeH7126nearH7126, yenationsגוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471, tohearלִשְׁמֹ֔עַlish.Mo.a'H8085; and hearken, yepeoplesוּלְאֻמִּ֖יםu.le.'u.MimH3816: let theearthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776hearתִּשְׁמַ֤עtish.Ma'H8085, and the fulness thereof; theworldתֵּבֵ֖לte.VelH8398, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605things thatcomeH7126forthH8085of it

2For theLORDלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068hath indignationagainstעַל־'al-H5921allכָּל־kol-H3605thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471, andfuryוְחֵמָ֖הve.che.MahH2534againstעַל־'al-H5921allכָּל־kol-H3605theirhostצְבָאָ֑םtze.va.'AmH6635: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hathdeliveredנְתָנָ֥םne.ta.NamH5414them to theslaughterלַטָּֽבַח׃la.Ta.vachH2874.

3Theirslainוְחַלְלֵיהֶ֣םve.cha.lei.HemH2491also shall becastH7993outH7993, and the stink of their carcases shallcomeH5927upH5927, and themountainsהָרִ֖יםha.RimH2022shall bemeltedוְנָמַ֥סּוּve.na.Ma.suH4549with theirbloodמִדָּמָֽם׃mi.da.MamH1818.

4Andallכָּל־kol-H3605thehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064shall be dissolved, and theheavensהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064shall berolledוְנָגֹ֥לּוּve.na.Go.luH1556together as ascrollכַסֵּ֖פֶרkha.Se.ferH5612: andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605theirhostצְבָאָ֣םtze.va.'AmH6635shall fadeawayוְנָמַ֙קּוּ֙ve.na.Ma.kuH4743, as theleafH5929fadeth from off thevineמִגֶּ֔פֶןmi.Ge.fenH1612, and as a fadingleafH5929from thefigמִתְּאֵנָֽה׃mi.te.'e.NahH8384treeH8384.

5For myswordחַרְבִּ֑יchar.BiH2719hathdrunkH7301itsH5921fillרִוְּתָ֥הri.ve.TahH7301inheavenבַשָּׁמַ֖יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064:beholdהִנֵּה֙hi.NehH2009, it shallcomeתֵּרֵ֔דte.RedH3381downH3381uponH5921Edomאֱד֣וֹם'e.DomH123, anduponH5921thepeopleעַ֥ם'amH5971of my curse, tojudgmentלְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃le.mish.PatH4941.

6Theswordחֶ֣רֶבChe.revH2719of theLORDלַיהוָ֞הla.Yah.wehH3068isfilledמָלְאָ֥הmal.'AhH4390withbloodדָם֙damH1818, it ismadeהֻדַּ֣שְׁנָהhu.Dash.nahH1878fatמֵחֵ֔לֶבme.Che.levH2459withfatnessH2459, with thebloodמִדַּ֤םmi.DamH1818oflambsכָּרִים֙ka.RimH3733andgoatsוְעַתּוּדִ֔יםve.'a.tu.DimH6260, with thefatמֵחֵ֖לֶבme.Che.levH2459of thekidneysכִּלְי֣וֹתkil.YotH3629oframsאֵילִ֑ים'ei.LimH352: for theLORDלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068hath asacrificeזֶ֤בַחZe.vachH2077inBozrahבְּבָצְרָ֔הbe.va.tze.RahH1224, and agreatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419slaughterוְטֶ֥בַחve.Te.vachH2874in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEdomאֱדֽוֹם׃'e.DomH123.

7And the wild-oxen shallcomeH3381downH3381with them, and the bullocks with thebullsוּפָרִ֖יםu.fa.RimH6499; and theirlandאַרְצָם֙'ar.TzamH776shall be drunken withbloodמִדָּ֔םmi.DamH1818, and theirdustוַעֲפָרָ֖םva.'a.fa.RamH6083madeיְדֻשָּֽׁן׃ye.du.ShanH1878fatמֵחֵ֥לֶבme.Che.levH2459withfatnessH2459.

8For it is thedayי֥וֹםYomH3117of theLORD’Sלַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068vengeanceנָקָ֖םna.KamH5359, theyearשְׁנַ֥תshe.NatH8141of recompence in thecontroversyלְרִ֥יבle.RivH7379ofZionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726.

9And thestreamsנְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙ne.cha.Lei.haH5158thereof shall beturnedH2015intoH2015pitchלְזֶ֔פֶתle.Ze.fetH2203, and thedustוַעֲפָרָ֖הּva.'a.fa.RahH6083thereofintoH2015brimstoneלְגָפְרִ֑יתle.ga.fe.RitH1614, and thelandאַרְצָ֔הּ'ar.TzahH776thereof shallbecomeוְהָיְתָ֣הve.ha.ye.TahH1961burningבֹּעֵרָֽה׃bo.'e.RahH1197pitchלְזֶ֖פֶתle.Ze.fetH2203.

10It shallnotH3808bequenchedתִכְבֶּ֔הtikh.BehH3518nightלַ֤יְלָהLay.lahH3915norH3808dayוְיוֹמָם֙ve.yo.MamH3119; thesmokeעֲשָׁנָ֑הּ'a.sha.NahH6227thereof shallgoיַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.LehH5927upH5927foreverלְעוֹלָ֖םle.'o.LamH5769: fromgenerationמִדּ֤וֹרmi.DorH1755togenerationלָדוֹר֙la.dOrH1755it shalllieH5927waste;noneאֵ֥ין'einH369shallpassH5674throughH5674it foreverH5769andeverH5769.

11But thepelicanקָאַ֣תka.'AtH6893and the porcupine shallpossessוִירֵשׁ֙וּהָ֙vi.re.Shu.haH3423it; and theowlוְיַנְשׁ֥וֹףve.yan.ShofH3244and theravenוְעֹרֵ֖בve.'o.RevH6158shalldwellיִשְׁכְּנוּ־yish.ke.nu-H7931therein: and he shallstretchוְנָטָ֥הve.na.TahH5186over it thelineוְאַבְנֵי־ve.'av.nei-H68ofconfusionתֹ֖הוּTo.huH8414, and the plummet ofemptinessבֹֽהוּ׃Vo.huH922.

12They shallcallיִקְרָ֑אוּyik.Ra.'uH7121thenoblesחֹרֶ֥יהָcho.Rei.haH2715thereof to thekingdomמְלוּכָ֣הme.lu.KhahH4410, butnoneH369shall be there; andallH3605herH3605princesשָׂרֶ֖יהָsa.Rei.haH8269shall benothingH369.

13Andthornsוָח֖וֹחַva.Cho.achH2336shallcomeH1961upוְעָלְתָ֤הve.'al.TahH5927inherH1961palacesH759,nettlesקִמּ֥וֹשׂki.MosH7057andthistlesH7057in thefortressesH759thereof: and it shall be an habitation ofjackalsתַנִּ֔יםta.NimH8577, a court forostrichesיַעֲנָֽה׃ya.'a.NahH3284.

14And the wild beasts of the desert shallmeetוּפָגְשׁ֤וּu.fa.ge.ShuH6298with thewolvesאִיִּ֔ים'i.YimH338, and the satyr shallcryיִקְרָ֑אyik.Ra'H7121to hisfellowרֵעֵ֣הוּre.'E.huH7453; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shallfindוּמָצְאָ֥הu.ma.tze.'AhH4672herעַל־'al-H5921aplaceמָנֽוֹחַ׃ma.No.achH4494ofrestH4494.

15There shall the arrowsnakemakeH1234herH802nestקִנְּנָ֤הki.ne.NahH7077, andlayוַתְּמַלֵּ֔טva.te.ma.LetH4422, andhatchH1234, andgatherנִקְבְּצ֥וּnik.be.TzuH6908underherH802shadowבְצִלָּ֑הּve.tzi.LahH6738: yea, there shall the kites begatheredH6908,everyH802one withherH802mateרְעוּתָֽהּ׃re.'u.TahH7468.

16Seekדִּרְשׁ֨וּdir.ShuH1875yeoutH5921of thebookסֵ֤פֶרSe.ferH5612of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, andreadוּֽקְרָ֔אוּu.ke.Ra.'uH7121:noלֹ֣אlo'H3808one oftheseH2007shall bemissingפָקָ֑דוּfa.Ka.duH6485,noneלֹ֣אlo'H3808shall wantherH5921mateרְעוּתָ֖הּre.'u.TahH7468: for mymouthפִי֙fiH6310it hathcommandedצִוָּ֔הtzi.VahH6680, and hisspiritוְרוּח֖וֹve.ru.ChoH7307it hathgatheredקִבְּצָֽן׃ki.be.TzanH6908them.

17And he hathcastהִפִּ֤ילhi.PilH5307thelotגּוֹרָ֔לgo.RalH1486for them, and hishandוְיָד֛וֹve.ya.DoH3027hathdividedחִלְּקַ֥תָּהchi.le.Ka.tahH2505it unto them by line: they shallpossessיִֽירָשׁ֔וּהָyi.ra.Shu.haH3423it foreverעוֹלָם֙o.LamH5769, fromgenerationלְד֥וֹרle.DorH1755togenerationוָד֖וֹרva.DorH1755shall theydwellיִשְׁכְּנוּ־yish.ke.nu-H7931therein.

Commentaries on Isaiah 34

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain