Isaiah 34:5

For when my sword will have drunk its fill in heaven; 1 look, it will now come down on Edom, on the people I am setting apart for destruction. 1

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For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

In Context

4All the stars of the sky will fade away, 1 and the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; and all their stars will fade away, 1 as the leaf fades from off the vine, and as the overripe figs from the fig tree. 1

6The sword of Yahweh is dripping with blood and covered with fat, 1 dripping with the blood of lambs and goats, covered with the fat of the kidneys of rams. 1 For Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:15'May the man be cursed who makes a carved or cast figure, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and who sets it up in secret.' Then all the people must answer and say, 'Amen.'

Deuteronomy 32:14He ate butter from the herd and drank milk from the flock, 1 with fat of lambs, 1 rams of Bashan and goats, 1 with the finest of the wheat— 1 and you drank foaming wine made from the juice of grapes. 1

Psalms 17:13Arise, Yahweh! Attack them! Throw them down on their faces! Rescue my life from the wicked by your sword! 1

Isaiah 21:11A declaration about Dumah. 1 One calls to me from Seir, 1 “Watchman, what is left of the night? 1 Watchman, what is left of the night?” 1

Isaiah 63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, clothed in red from Bozrah? 1 Who is he in royal clothing, marching confidently because of his great strength? 1 It is I, speaking righteousness and powerfully able to save. 1

Jeremiah 47:6Woe, sword of Yahweh! How long will it be until you become silent? 1 Go back to your scabbard! Stop and be silent. 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 →

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