Isaiah 34:9

And its torrents will be turned into tar, and its soil into sulfur. And its land will become burning tar.

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In The King James Version

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

In Context

8For this is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of retribution for the judgment of Zion.

10Night and day, it will not be extinguished; its smoke will rise up without ceasing. From generation to generation it will remain desolate. No one will pass through it, forever and ever.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:28looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and the entire land of that region. And he saw embers rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.

Job 18:15Let the companions of he who is not, dwell in his tabernacle; let brimstone rain down upon his tabernacle.

Luke 17:29Then, on the day that Lot departed from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and it destroyed them all.

Revelation 19:20And the beast was apprehended, and with him the false prophetess, who in his presence caused the signs, by which she seduced those who accepted the character of the beast and who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with sulphur.

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 →

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