Isa 34 | NASB1995 | STEP | Draw near , O nations , to hear ; and listen , O peoples ! Let the earth and all it contains hear , and the world and all that springs from it.

‏ Isaiah 34

God’s Wrath against Nations

1 Draw near, ^aO nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples!
^bLet the earth and ^{▼▼ Lit its fullness}all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.
2 For the Lord’s ^dindignation is against all the nations,
And His wrath against all their armies;
He has ^{▼▼ Lit put under the ban
,} ^futterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to ^gslaughter.
3 So their slain will be ^hthrown out,
And their corpses ^{▼▼ Lit their stench will go up}will give off their ^jstench,
And the mountains will ^{▼▼ Lit dissolve}be drenched with their ^lblood.
4 And ^mall the host of heaven will ^{▼▼ Lit rot}wear away,
And the ^osky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.
5 For ^pMy sword is satiated in heaven,
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon ^qEdom
And upon the people whom I have ^rdevoted to destruction.
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is ^{▼▼ Lit made fat}sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in ^tBozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of ^uEdom.
7 ^vWild oxen will also ^{▼▼ Lit go down}fall with them
And ^xyoung bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be ^ysoaked with blood,
And their dust ^{▼▼ Lit made fat}become greasy with fat.
8 For the Lord has a day of ^aavengeance,
A year of recompense for the ^{▼▼ Or controversy}cause of Zion.
9 ^{▼▼ I.e. Edom’s}Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into ^adbrimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
10 It will ^aenot be quenched night or day;
Its ^afsmoke will go up forever.
From ^aggeneration to generation it will be desolate;
^ahNone will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But ^{▼▼ Or owl or jackdaw
,} ^ajpelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And ^{▼▼ Or great horned owl}owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the ^alline of ^{▼▼ Or formlessness}desolation
And the ^{▼▼ Lit stones of void}plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles— there is ^aono one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its princes will be ^apnothing.
13 Thorns will come up in its ^aqfortified towers,
Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of ^arjackals
And an abode of ostriches.
14 The desert ^ascreatures will meet with the ^{▼▼ Or howling creatures}wolves,
The ^{▼▼ Or demon
,} ^avhairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Yes, the ^{▼▼ Heb Lilith}night monster will settle there
And will find herself a resting place.
15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,
And it will hatch and gather them under its ^{▼▼ Lit shade}protection.
Yes, ^aythe ^{▼▼ Or kites}hawks will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.

16 Seek from the ^babook of the Lord, and read: Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For ^{▼▼ So DSS; M.T. My
,} ^bcHis mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.
17 He has cast the ^bdlot for them,
And His hand has divided it to them by ^beline.
They shall possess it forever;
From ^bfgeneration to generation they will dwell in it.