Isaiah 34:8
For a day of avenging, hath Yahweh,—A year of requitals for the quarrel of Zion.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For it is the day of the LORD’S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on.
Psalms 94:1O GOD of avenging—Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth:
Isaiah 13:9Lo! the day of Yahweh, coming in, Fierce and overflowing, and burning with anger,—To devote the earth to desolation, And her sinners, will he destroy out of it.
Isaiah 35:4Say to the hurried in heart, Be strong, Do not fear,—Lo! your God, with avenging, doth come, With the recompence of God, He, doth come to save you.
Isaiah 59:17And he put on Righteousness as a coat of mail, And a helmet of victory upon his head,—And he put on the garments of avenging, for clothing, And wrapped about him as a cloak—jealousy,
Isaiah 63:4For, a day of avenging, was in my heart, And the year of my redeemed, had come.
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 →