Isaiah 34:2

Yahweh is angry with the people of all nations; he is ◄furious/very angry► with all their armies. He has decided that they must be destroyed, and he will slaughter them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1You people of all nations, come near and listen and pay careful attention. I want the world and everything that is in it to hear what I say.

3Their corpses will not be buried, and as a result their corpses will stink, and their blood will fill the streams that flow down the mountains.

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Cross References

Joshua 11:20Yahweh caused the people in all those other groups to be stubborn [IDM], with the result that they fought against the Israeli army, and the Israelis killed them all. They were not merciful to any of them. That is what Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.

Isaiah 13:5They come from countries that are far away, from the most remote places [IDM] on the earth. They are like [SIM] weapons that Yahweh will use to punish the people with whom he is very angry, and to destroy the entire country of Babylonia.

Isaiah 30:25At that time, when your enemies have been slaughtered and their towers have ◄collapsed/been destroyed►, there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain in Judah.

Isaiah 66:16It is as though [MET] Yahweh has a big sword, and he will judge and execute many people.

Jeremiah 25:31Even people in very remote places around the earth will hear him shouting, because he will say why he will judge and punish all the nations. He will cause the wicked people to be slaughtered with swords. That will surely happen because Yahweh has said it.’

Joel 3:9Proclaim to the people of all nations, “Prepare for a war! Summon your soldiers, and tell them to stand in their battle positions.

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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