Isaiah 34:17

And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.

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In The King James Version

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

In Context

16See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:9For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.

Psalms 78:55Driving out nations before them, marking out the line of their heritage, and giving the people of Israel their tents for a resting-place.

Isaiah 17:14In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.

Jeremiah 13:25This is your fate, the part measured out to you by me, says the Lord, because you have put me out of your memory and put your faith in what is false.

Acts 17:26And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 34:10-17

Threatenings against God's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 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. 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of… Read the whole commentary →

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