Isaiah 34:16

Search through the scroll of Yahweh; not one of these will be missing. 1 None will lack for a mate; for his mouth has commanded it, and his spirit has gathered them. 1

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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

15Owls will make nests, lay and hatch their eggs, hatch and protect their young. 1 Yes, there hawks will gather, each one with its mate. 1

17He has cast lots for their places, and his hand has measured it out for them by a cord. 1 They will possess it forever; from generation to generation they will live there.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:17Listen, I am about to bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh that has in it the breath of life from under heaven. Everything that is on the earth will die.

Joshua 1:8You will always speak about this book of the law. You will meditate on it day and night so that you can obey all that is written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Psalms 33:9For he spoke, and it was done; 1 he commanded, and it stood in place. 1

Isaiah 1:20but if you refuse and rebel, the sword will devour you,” 1 for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it. 1

Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it in their presence on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll, 1 that it may be preserved for the time to come as a testimony. 1

Isaiah 58:14“Then you will find delight in Yahweh; and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; 1 I will feed you from the inheritance of Jacob your father—for the mouth of Yahweh has 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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