Isaiah 34:7
And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.
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In Context
8For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.
Cross References
Numbers 24:8It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.
Job 39:9\39:6\To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.
Psalms 92:10\92:9\For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;
Jeremiah 50:11Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;
Ezekiel 32:6And the land will be watered with your blood, and the waterways will be full of you.
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 →