Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom.
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7And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 1:44At his death, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.
Isaiah 34:5For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.
Isaiah 63:3I have been crushing the grapes by myself, and of the peoples there was no man with me: in my wrath and in my passion, they were crushed under my feet; and my robes are marked with their life-blood, and all my clothing is red.
Jeremiah 49:13For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.
Jeremiah 51:40I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.
Ezekiel 21:10It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 34:2-9
Threatenings against God's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. 2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. 4 And all… Read the whole commentary →