Isaiah 34:3

Those who are killed won't be buried; the stink of their bodies will rise; mountains will be washed away with their blood.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2The Lord's anger is against all the nations and his fury is against all their armies. He will completely destroy them; he will have them slaughtered.

4The sun, moon, and stars of heaven will fade away, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll. All the stars will fall like dried-up leaves from a vine, like dried-up figs from a fig tree.

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Cross References

2 Kings 9:35They went out to bury her but all they found were her skull, her feet, and her hands.

Isaiah 34:7Wild ox will fall with them, the young bulls along with the mature ones. Their land will be soaked with blood, and their soil soaked with fat.

Jeremiah 22:19His burial will be that of a donkey. He'll be dragged off and thrown away outside the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 32:4I will expel you into the open land; I will throw you down on the bare earth. I will make all the birds of prey come and land you; I will have all the wild animals eat you until they're satisfied.

Ezekiel 32:6I will fill the land with your flowing blood, pouring it out on the mountains, filling the valleys.

Ezekiel 38:22I will punish him with disease and bloodshed. I will send rainstorms, hailstones, fire, and sulfur down on him and his army, and on the armies of his many allies.

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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