Isaiah 34:9
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the ground thereof into brimstone: and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of recompenses of the judgment of Sion.
Cross References
Genesis 19:28He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and the whole land of that country: and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace.
Job 18:15Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.
Luke 17:29And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet, who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast, and who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire, burning with brimstone.
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 →