34:5The Edomites shared a common ancestry with Israel. The Israelites were descended from Jacob; the Edomites from Jacob's twin brother, Esau. Edom was always Israel's bitter enemy. The destruction of Edom mentioned here is a picture of the ultimate end of all who oppase God and his people.
Life Application Study BibleIsaiahChapter 34
Isaiah 34
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34Isaiah 34
A Message for the Nations
13 4 1 Come here and listen, O nations of the earth. Let the world and everything in it hear my words. 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.
4The heavens above will melt awayand disappear like a rolled-up scroll.The stars will fall from the skylike 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 bloodand 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.
7Even men as strong as wild oxen will die—the young men alongside the veterans.The land will be soaked with bloodand 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.
10This judgment on Edom will never end;the smoke of its burning will rise forever.The land will lie deserted from generation to generation.No one will live there anymore.
11It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl,the great owl and the raven.*For God will measure that land carefully;he will measure it for chaos and destruction.
12Tt will be called the Land of Nothing,and all its nobles will soon be gone.*
13Thorns will overrun its palaces;nettles and thistles will grow in its forts.The ruins will become a haunt for jackalsand a home for owls.
14Desert animals will mingle there with hyenas,their howls filling the night.Wild goats will bleat at one another among the ruins,and night creatures* will come there to rest.
15There the owl will make her nest and lay her eggs.She will hatch her young and cover them with her wings.And the buzzards will come,each one with its mate.
16Search the book of the LORD,and see what he will do.Not one of these birds and animals will be missing,and none will lack a mate,
for the LORD has promised this.His Spirit will make it all come true.
17He has surveyed and divided the landand deeded it over to those creatures.They will possess it forever,from generation to generation.Hope for Restoration
Textual footnotes
- Hebrew is uncertain.
- 34:2 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the LORD, destroying them or by giving them as an offering; similarly in 34:5.
- 34:8 Hebrew to Zion.
- 34:11 The identification of some of these birds is uncertain.
- 34:12 The meaning of the
- 34:14 Hebrew Lilith, possibly a reference to a mythical demon of the night.
Life Application Notes 2 notes
34:16Isaiah referred to the prophecies that God commanded him to write down as the “book of the LORD.” Whoever fived to see the time of Edom’s destruction would have only to look up these prophecies to find agreement between what happened and what was predicted. Prophecy predicts and history reveals what has been in God’s mind for all time. which God will establish his justice and’destroy all evil. This is the world the redeemed can anticipate after the judgment when creation itself will rejoice in God. Chapter 34 spoke of great distress when God will judge all people for their actions. Chapter 35 pictures the days when life will be peaceful at last and everything will be made right. Carmel and Sharon were regions of thick vegetation and fertile soil. They were symbols of productivity and plenty.
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35:10 Hebrew Zion.
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