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LXX">g</a></span> in the heavens.</p> <p class="poetry2">Look! It descends in judgment on Edom,</p> <p class="poetry2">on the people I have doomed to destruction.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The LORD has a sword bathed in blood;</p> <p class="poetry2">it’s covered<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:6 Or satiated">h</a></span> with fat,</p> <p class="poetry2">with the blood of lambs and goats,</p> <p class="poetry2">and with fat from the kidneys of rams.”</p> <p class="heading">Judgment on Bozrah and Edom</p><p class="poetry2">“For the LORD holds a sacrifice in Bozrah,</p> <p class="poetry2">and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wild oxen will fall together with them—</p> <p class="poetry2">young steers and mighty bulls.</p> <p class="poetry2">Their land will be drenched<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads drench">i</a></span> with blood,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their soil will be swollen with fat.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For the LORD has a day of vengeance,</p> <p class="poetry2">a year of recompense for Zion’s cause.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Edom’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:9 Lit. Its">j</a></span> streams will be turned into burning sulfur,</p> <p class="poetry2">and its dust into sulfur;</p> <p class="poetry2">its land will become pitch.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>It will burn night and day,</p> <p class="poetry2">and will never be extinguished.</p> <p class="poetry2">Its smoke will rise from generation to generation,</p> <p class="poetry2">and it will lie desolate forever and ever.</p> <p class="poetry2">And no one will pass through it.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads blazing pitch. Night and day it will not be extinguished. Its smoke will go up forever; from generation to generation it will lie desolate. No one will ever pass through it again. LXX lacks the last line">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“But hawks and hedgehogs will possess it;</p> <p class="poetry2">owls and ravens will nest in it.</p> <p class="poetry2">God<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:11 Lit. He">l</a></span> will stretch out over it a measuring line, and chaos,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads a measuring line of chaos">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and plumb lines of emptiness, and its nobles.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads And plumb lines of emptiness are 12its nobles; LXX reads and satyrs will live in it. 12Its nobles">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They will name it “No Kingdom There,”</p> <p class="poetry2">and all its princes will come to nothing.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Thorns will grow over its palaces,</p> <p class="poetry2">nettles and brambles its fortresses.</p> <p class="poetry2">It will become a haunt for jackals,</p> <p class="poetry2">a home for ostriches.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And desert creatures will meet with hyenas,</p> <p class="poetry2">and goat-demons will call out to each other.</p> <p class="poetry2">There also Liliths<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:14 i.e. desert demons of the night">o</a></span> will settle,</p> <p class="poetry2">and find for themselves<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads The Lilith will settle, and find for itself">p</a></span> a resting place.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Owls<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:15 Or tree-snakes; LXX reads Hedgehogs">q</a></span> will nest there, lay eggs,</p> <p class="poetry2">hatch them, and care for their young</p> <p class="poetry2">under the shadow of their wings;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:15 Lit. in her shadow">r</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">yes<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:15 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks yes">s</a></span> indeed, vultures will gather there,</p> <p class="poetry2">each one with its mate.”</p> <p class="heading">The Certainty of God’s Deliverance</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Study and read from the book of the LORD:</p> <p class="poetry2">And not one<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:16 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Not one of them">t</a></span> will be missing,</p> <p class="poetry2">each will not long for its mate.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:16 So MT; 1QIsaa reads each its mate">u</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">For it is the mouth of the LORD that has issued the order,</p> <p class="poetry2">and it is his Spirit that has gathered them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>It is he who has allotted their portions,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:17 Lit. has cast the lot for them">v</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and his hand has divided it for them with a measuring line forever.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:17 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks forever">w</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">They will possess it forever;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:17 So MT; 1QIsaa lacks Forever">x</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">from generation to generation they will live in it.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="34:17 So MT; 1QIsaa corrector reads will they possess … live in it.">y</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 34:2 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 34:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>for slaughter</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 34:3 Or <i>mortally wounded</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 34:3 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>the</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 34:4 Lit. <i>host</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 34:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>All the stars of the heavens will rot away</i> ; LXX lacks this line<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 34:5 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>has drunk its fill</i>; cf. LXX<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 34:6 Or <i>satiated</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 34:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>drench</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 34:9 Lit. <i>Its</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 34:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>blazing pitch</i>. <i>Night and day it will not be extinguished. Its smoke will go up forever; from generation to generation it will lie desolate. No one will ever pass through it again</i>. LXX lacks the last line<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 34:11 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 34:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>a measuring line of chaos</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 34:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>And plumb lines of emptiness are</i>12<i>its </i>nobles; LXX reads <i>and satyrs will live in it</i>. 12<i>Its nobles</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 34:14 i.e. desert demons of the night<br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 34:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>The Lilith will settle, and find for itself</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 34:15 Or <i>tree-snakes</i>; LXX reads <i>Hedgehogs</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 34:15 Lit. <i>in her shadow</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 34:15 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks <i>yes</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 34:16 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>Not one of them</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 34:16 So MT; 1QIsaa reads <i>each its mate</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 34:17 Lit. <i>has cast the lot for them</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 34:17 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>forever</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 34:17 So MT; 1QIsaa lacks <i>Forever</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 34:17 So MT; 1QIsaa corrector reads <i>will they possess … live in it</i>.<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/35.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 35"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 35" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/isaiah/34-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>