Isaiah 34:17

He 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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And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

In Context

16Search 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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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:9For Yahweh's portion is his people; 1 Jacob is his apportioned inheritance. 1

Psalms 78:55He drove out the nations from before them 1 and assigned them their inheritance. 1 He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. 1

Isaiah 17:14In the evening, see, terror! Before the morning they will be gone! 1 This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who rob us.

Jeremiah 13:25This is what I have given to you, the portion I have decreed for you—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 because you have forgotten me and trusted in deceit. 1

Acts 17:26From one man he made every nation of people to live on the surface of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the boundaries of their living areas,

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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