Isaiah 34:6
The Lord's sword is filled with blood.It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,with the fat of the kidneys of rams;for the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
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1 Chronicles 1:44Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
Isaiah 34:5For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky.Behold, it will come down on Edom,and on the people of my curse, for judgment.
Isaiah 63:3"I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself,' says the Lord, 'that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.'"
Jeremiah 51:40"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
Ezekiel 21:10it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? The rod of my son, it condemns every tree.
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 →