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Isaiah 34:4
4Then all the host of heaven will dissolve, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll— so all their array will wither away, like a leaf drooping from a vine, like a fig shriveling from a fig tree.
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 Adonai is enraged at all the nations, and furious at all their armies. He will utterly destroy them. He will give them over to slaughter. 3So their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise, and the hills will be drenched with their blood. Then all the host of heaven will dissolve, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll— so all their array will wither away, like a leaf drooping from a vine, like a fig shriveling from a fig tree. 5For My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. See, it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to judgment. 6The sword of Adonai is filled with blood, gorged with fat— the blood of lambs and goats, the fat of kidneys of rams. For Adonai has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Read all of Isaiah 34Isaiah 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 13:10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Isaiah 14:12How you have fallen from heaven, O brightstar, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the earth, you who made the nations prostrate!
- Psalms 102:25I say, “My God, do not take me up in the middle of my days. Your years endure through all generations!
- Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth and behold, it was deserted and desolate, and at the heavens and they had no light.
- Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with cloud, and the moon will not give her light.
- Matthew 24:29“But immediately after the trouble of those days, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Mark 13:24“But in those days, after that trouble, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,
- Acts 2:19And I will give wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath— blood, and fire, and smoky vapor.
- 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire—kept until the Day of Judgment and the destruction of ungodly people.
- Revelation 6:13The stars of heaven fell to the earth like a fig tree drops unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.
- Revelation 8:12The fourth angel trumpeted, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day would not shine, as well as a third of the night.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne, and the One seated on it. The earth and heaven fled from His presence, but no place was found for them.
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
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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
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