Isaiah 34:9
Her streams shall be turned into pitch, And her dust into brimstone, And her whole land shall become burning pitch.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8For Jehovah holdeth a day of vengeance, A year of recompense in the cause of Zion.
Cross References
Job 18:15They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Luke 17:29but on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Revelation 19:20And the beast was seized and he who was with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs in his presence, with which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast, and who worshipped his image; the two were cast alive into the lake 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 →