Isaiah 34:7

Then shall buffaloes come down with them, And bullocks with bulls,—So shall their land be soaked with blood, And, their dust, with fat, shall be enriched.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

In Context

6A sword, hath Yahweh—Glutted with blood Sated with fat,—With the blood of well-fed lambs and he-goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams,—For, a sacrifice, hath Yahweh in Bozrah, Yea a great slaughter in the land of Edom;

8For a day of avenging, hath Yahweh,—A year of requitals for the quarrel of Zion.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:8GOD having brought him forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his,—He eateth up nations that assail him And the bones of them, he breaketh And the loins of him, he crusheth:

Job 39:9Will the Wild-Ox be pleased to be thy servant? or lodge for the night by thy crib?

Psalms 92:10But thou wilt exalt, as [those of] the buffalo, my horn, I have been anointed, with fresh oil.

Jeremiah 50:11Because they used to be glad Because they used to be uproarious When plundering mine inheritance,—Because they used to caper about as a heifer at grass, And bellow like bulls.

Ezekiel 32:6And will soak the earth with thy blood, amongst the mountains,- And the channels shall be filled with thee.

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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