Isaiah 34:16

Search ye out in the Sefer Hashem, and read; 1 no one of these creatures shall fail, 1 none shall lack her mate; 1 for My mouth hath commanded, 1 and His Ruach hath gathered them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

In Context

15There shall the kipoz (bittern) nest, and lay eggs, 1 and hatch and care for young under her tzel; 1 there shall the dayyot (kites, vultures) also be gathered, 1 every one with its mate. 1

17And He hath cast the goral (lot) for them, 1 and His Yad hath made the land assignment unto them by measuring line; 1 they shall possess it ad olam, 1 from dor to dor shall they dwell therein.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:17And, hineni, I, even I, do bring a mabbul of waters upon ha'aretz, to destroy kol basar, wherein is the ruach chayyim, from under Shomayim; and everything that is in ha'aretz shall perish.

Joshua 1:8This Sefer HaTorah shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate on it yomam valailah so that thou mayest be shomer to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy derech prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it was done; 1 He commanded, and it stood firm. 1

Isaiah 1:20But if ye refuse and rebel, 1 ye shall be devoured with the cherev; 1 for the mouth of Hashem hath spoken. 1

Isaiah 30:8Now go, 1 write it before them on a luach (tablet), 1 and inscribe it on a sefer, 1 that it may be for a yom acharon l'ad ad olam; 1

Isaiah 58:14Then shalt thou delight in Hashem; 1 and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of eretz, 1 and feed thee with the nachalat Ya'akov Avicha; 1 for the mouth of Hashem hath spoken.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 34:10-17

Threatenings against God's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of… Read the whole commentary →

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