Isaiah 34:8

For it is the day of Gods vengeaunce, and the yere of recompence for the reuenge of Sion.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

For it is the day of the LORD’S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

In Context

7There shall the vnicornes fall with them, and the bulles with the giauntes, and their lande shalbe throughly soked with blood, and their grounde corrupt with fatnesse.

9And his fluddes shalbe turned to pitch, and his earth to brimstone, and therewith shall the lande be kindled.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:9Beholde, the day of the Lorde shall come terribly and full of indignation, furie & wrath, to make the lande waste, and to roote out the sinners therof.

Isaiah 35:4Say vnto them that are of a fearfull heart, be of good cheare and feare not, beholde your God commeth to take vengeaunce, and you shall see the rewarde that God geueth: God commeth his owne selfe, and wyll delyuer you.

Isaiah 59:17He put righteousnesse vpon hym for a brestplate, he set the helmet of health vpon his head: He put on wrath in the steade of clothing, and toke ielousie about him for a cloke.

Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeaunce is assigned in my heart, and the yere when my people shalbe deliuered is come.

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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