Isaiah 34:10

Isaiah 34:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
• New International Version (NIV)It will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will rise forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever pass through it again.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It shall not be quenched night or day; Its smoke shall ascend forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; No one shall pass through it forever and ever.

Context of Isaiah 34:10

8For Adonai has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the hostility against Zion. 9Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into brimstone, and its land will become burning tar. It will not be quenched night or day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation it will lay waste—forever and ever none will pass through it. 11But pelican and porcupine will have it, owl and raven will dwell in it. He will stretch a line of chaos over it and stones of desolation. 12As for its nobles, there are none there to call it a kingdom, and all its princes will come to nothing.

Isaiah 34:10 word by word

לַ֤יְלָה וְיוֹמָם֙ לֹ֣א תִכְבֶּ֔ה לְעוֹלָ֖ם יַעֲלֶ֣ה עֲשָׁנָ֑הּ מִדּ֤וֹר לָדוֹר֙ תֶּחֱרָ֔ב לְנֵ֣צַח נְצָחִ֔ים אֵ֥ין עֹבֵ֖ר בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• It shall not be quenchedכָּבָהkâbâh · to quenchH3518
• nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• nor dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• the smokeעָשָׁן‛âshân · smokeH6227
• thereof shall go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• from generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• it shall lie wasteחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717
• none shall pass throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• it for everנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331

Cross-references for Isaiah 34:10

• Isaiah 1:31So the strong will become tinder and his work like a spark— both will burn together, and no one will quench them.
• Isaiah 66:24“As they leave, they will look on the corpses of the people who rebelled against Me. For their worm will not die, and their fire will not be quenched, and they will be a horror to all flesh.”
• Jeremiah 7:20Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: “My anger and My wrath is about to be poured out on this place—on man and beast, and on the trees of the field and the fruit of the land—and it will burn and not be quenched.”
• Mark 9:43“And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than, having two hands, to go to Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.
• Revelation 14:10he shall also drink the wine of God’s fury, poured full strength into the cup of His wrath. And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb.
• Revelation 18:18and were crying out, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What city is like the great city?’
• Revelation 19:3And a second time they shouted, “Halleluyah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever!”
• Isaiah 13:20It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation, nor will an Arab pitch a tent there, nor will shepherds let flocks lie there.
• Ezekiel 29:11No human foot will pass through it, and no foot of beast will pass through it. It will be uninhabited for 40 years.
• Malachi 1:3and Esau I hated. I made his hills a wasteland and gave his inheritance to jackals of the wilderness.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 34:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10It shall not be quenched night nor day - That is, the burning brimstone and pitch Isaiah 34:9, the emblem of perpetual and entire desolation, shall not be extinguished. The smoke thereof shall go up for ever - Every river and rivulet is Supposed to be heated pitch, and every particle of dust sulphur, and a 1 on fire, sending up from an extended region dense columns of smoke to heaven. No idea of ruin could be more sublime; no idea of the vengeance of God…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 Those who aim to ruin the church, can never do that, but will ruin themselves. What dismal changes sin can make! It turns a fruitful land into barrenness, a crowded city into a wilderness. Let us compare all we discover in the book of the Lord, with the dealings of providence around us, that we may be more diligent in seeking the kingdom of God and his righteousness. What the mouth of the Lord has commanded, his Spirit will perform. And let us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10See also Revelation 14:11; 19:3.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. It--The burning pitch, &c. (Is 34:9). smoke ... for ever--(Re 14:11; 18:18; 19:3). generation to generation--(Mal 1:4). none ... pass through--Edom's original offense was: they would not let Israel pass through their land in peace to Canaan: God recompenses them in kind, no traveller shall pass through Edom. Volney, the infidel, was forced to confirm the truth of this prophecy: "From the reports of the Arabs, southeast of the Dead Sea, within three…Read the comment

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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