Isaiah 34:8
For it is the Yom Nakam L' Hashem (Day of Vengeance unto Hashem ), 1 and the Shnat Shillumim (Year of Retributions) for the cause of Tziyon. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35To Me belongeth nakam (vengeance) and recompence; 1 their foot shall slip in due time; 1 for the Yom of their calamity is at hand, 1 and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 1
Psalms 94:1Hashem G-d, to whom vengeance belongeth; 1 O G-d, to whom vengeance belongeth, show Thyself. 1
Isaiah 13:9Hinei, the Yom Hashem cometh, 1 cruel both with wrath and charon af (fierce anger), 1 to lay the land desolate; 1 and He shall destroy the chatta'im (sinners) thereof out of it. 1
Isaiah 35:4Say to them that are of a fearful lev, 1 Be strong, fear not; 1 hinei, Eloheichem (your G-d) will come with nakam (vengeance), 1 with Elohim gemul (divine retribution) 1 He will come and save you. 1
Isaiah 59:17For He put on tzedakah as breastplate armor, 1 and a helmet of Yeshu'ah (Salvation, Saving Power) upon His rosh; 1 and He put on the bigdei nakam (garments of vengeance) for a uniform, 1 and was clad with kinah (zeal) as a me'il (mantle, cloak). 1
Isaiah 63:4For Yom Nekam (Day of Vengeance) is in Mine lev, 1 and My Shanat Geulah (Year of Redemption) is come. 1
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 →