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her land will become blazing pitch!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/34.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/34.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into sulfur; her land shall become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/34.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/34.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Its streams shall be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone; Its land shall become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Its streams will be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/34.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Its streams will be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And its streams shall be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land shall become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And its streams will be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch, her soil into sulfur; her land will become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Edom&#8217s streams will be turned into pitch, her soil into sulfur; her land will become burning pitch. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/34.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Edom's streams will turn into tar and its soil into sulfur--then the whole country will go up in flames. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/34.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Edom's streams will be turned to tar. Its soil will be turned to burning sulfur. Its land will become blazing tar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The rivers of Edom will turn into tar, and the soil will turn into sulfur. The whole country will burn like tar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/34.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Edom?s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/34.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Edom's streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/34.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, and its land will become burning pitch. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And her streams have been turned to pitch, "" And her dust to brimstone, "" And her land has become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And its torrents turned to pitch, and its dust to sulphur, and its land to burning pitch.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the ground thereof into brimstone: and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And its torrents will be turned into tar, and its soil into sulfur. And its land will become burning tar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Edom’s streams shall be changed into pitch, its soil into sulfur, and its land shall become burning pitch; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into sulfur; her land shall become burning pitch.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And its streams shall be turned into pitch and its soil into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And its streams shall be turned to pitch, and its dust to brimstone, and its land shall be burning pitch<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, And the dust thereof into brimstone, And the land thereof shall become burning pitch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And her valleys shall be turned into pitch, and her land into sulphur; and her land shall be as pitch burning night and day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/34-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=7195" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/34.htm">God's Judgments on the Nations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: nə·ḥā·le·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">Edom’s streams</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: wə·ne·hep̄·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">will be turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2203.htm" title="2203: lə·ze·p̄eṯ (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Asphalt. From an unused root; asphalt.">to tar,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: wa·‘ă·p̄ā·rāh (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">and her soil</a> <a href="/hebrew/1614.htm" title="1614: lə·ḡā·p̄ə·rîṯ (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Brimstone. Probably feminine of gopher; properly, cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur.">to sulfur;</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">her land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: bō·‘ê·rāh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">a blazing</a> <a href="/hebrew/2203.htm" title="2203: lə·ze·p̄eṯ (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Asphalt. From an unused root; asphalt.">pitch.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10-11</a></span><br />he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. / And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-18.htm">Revelation 18:18</a></span><br />and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-3.htm">Revelation 19:3</a></span><br />And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8-9</a></span><br />Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” / Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm">Jeremiah 49:18</a></span><br />As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-40.htm">Jeremiah 50:40</a></span><br />As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a></span><br />Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. / Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">Revelation 9:2</a></span><br />The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-19.htm">Revelation 14:19-20</a></span><br />So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. / And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</a></span><br />And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25-26</a></span><br />“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain. / No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a></span><br />I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Genesis 19:28</a></b></br> And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-15.htm">Job 18:15</a></b></br> It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because <i>it is</i> none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Psalm 11:6</a></b></br> Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: <i>this shall be</i> the portion of their cup.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Blazing</a> <a href="/job/41-31.htm">Boiling</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Brimstone</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-14.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-17.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-26.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-20.htm">Pitch</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-21.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Sulfur</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-1.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/psalms/74-15.htm">Torrents</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-24.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/38-19.htm">Blazing</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Boiling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Brimstone</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-19.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-2.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Pitch</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-19.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Sulfur</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-10.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Torrents</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 34</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/34-1.htm">The judgments wherewith God revenges his church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">The desolation of her enemies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/34-16.htm">The certainty of the prophecy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/34.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/34.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Edom’s streams will be turned to tar</b><br>This phrase signifies a complete transformation of the natural landscape, indicating divine judgment. In biblical times, Edom was a region southeast of Israel, known for its rugged terrain and strategic location. The transformation of streams to tar symbolizes desolation and destruction, as streams are typically sources of life and sustenance. This imagery is reminiscent of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-28</a>), where fire and brimstone rained down, turning the land into a wasteland. The use of tar, a sticky, flammable substance, suggests a scene of burning and ruin, emphasizing the severity of God's judgment.<p><b>and her soil to sulfur</b><br>Sulfur, often associated with fire and brimstone, is a symbol of divine wrath and purification. The transformation of soil to sulfur indicates a curse upon the land, rendering it uninhabitable and barren. This imagery is consistent with the prophetic language used throughout the Bible to describe God's judgment on nations that oppose His will. The reference to sulfur connects to the apocalyptic visions in Revelation (<a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Revelation 19:20</a>), where sulfur is used to describe the lake of fire, a place of eternal punishment. This transformation underscores the irreversible nature of God's judgment on Edom.<p><b>her land will become a blazing pitch</b><br>The phrase "blazing pitch" evokes a scene of intense, unquenchable fire. Pitch, a viscous substance derived from tar, is highly flammable, and its burning represents total devastation. This imagery is used to convey the idea of perpetual destruction, where the land is consumed by fire, leaving nothing behind. The concept of a land becoming a blazing pitch is a powerful metaphor for divine retribution, illustrating the consequences of sin and rebellion against God. This aligns with the broader biblical theme of God's holiness and justice, where unrighteousness is met with severe punishment. The imagery also serves as a warning to other nations, highlighting the seriousness of turning away from God's commandments.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a></b><br>A nation descended from Esau, often symbolizing God's enemies in prophetic literature. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/34.htm">Isaiah 34</a> is a prophecy against Edom, representing divine judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, whose ministry spanned the reigns of several kings of Judah. He is known for his prophecies concerning both judgment and redemption.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_day.htm">Judgment Day</a></b><br>The event of divine retribution against nations and peoples who oppose God, often depicted in apocalyptic imagery.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/streams_and_soil.htm">Streams and Soil</a></b><br>Natural elements that are transformed as a sign of God's judgment, symbolizing total destruction and desolation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sulfur_and_pitch.htm">Sulfur and Pitch</a></b><br>Elements associated with fire and brimstone, often used in biblical texts to describe divine wrath and destruction.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Reality of Divine Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is real and inevitable for those who oppose Him. <a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9</a> serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of sin and rebellion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_destruction.htm">Symbolism of Destruction</a></b><br>The transformation of natural elements into tar and sulfur symbolizes the totality of God's judgment. It serves as a warning to remain faithful and obedient to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The vivid imagery of destruction is not just a warning but also a call to repentance. It urges believers to examine their lives and turn back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>While the passage speaks of judgment, it also points to the hope of redemption for those who trust in God. The broader context of Isaiah includes promises of restoration and salvation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_light_of_eternity.htm">Living in Light of Eternity</a></b><br>Understanding the seriousness of God's judgment should motivate believers to live with an eternal perspective, prioritizing their relationship with God and sharing the gospel with others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 34</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_could_streams_turn_to_pitch,_dust_to_sulfur.htm">In Isaiah 34:9, how could an entire region’s streams become pitch, and dust turn to sulfur, from a scientific perspective? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_babylon_inhabited_post-destruction.htm">Jeremiah 25:12 foretells Babylon becoming a perpetual desolation, yet archaeological evidence shows later habitation; how do we explain this? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_ezekiel_29's_egypt_timeline_inconsistent.htm">In light of previous judgments on other nations, why does Ezekiel 29’s specific timeline for Egypt seem inconsistent with events recorded elsewhere in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_34_align_with_other_end-times.htm">Does the prophecy in Isaiah 34 align or conflict with similar end-time descriptions found in other parts of Scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9, 10) <span class= "bld">The streams thereof shall be turned into pitch . . .</span>--The imagery of the punishment which is to fall on Edom is suggested partly by the scenery of the Dead Sea, partly by the volcanic character of Edom itself, with its extinct craters and streams of lava. (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm" title="As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, said the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.">Jeremiah 49:18</a>.) The prophet sees the destruction, as continuing not merely in its results, but in its process, the smoke of the burning craters rising up perpetually, and making the land uninhabitable.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the streams thereof</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "the streams of the land of Edom." Though Edom has no perennial rivers, it has numerous torrent-courses to carry off the winter rains (see <a href="/2_kings/3-20.htm">2 Kings 3:20-22</a>). These should run with pitch, instead of water. The general idea is that Edom should be visited with a destruction like that of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a>; comp. <a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm">Jeremiah 49:18</a>). But the prophet scarcely intends his words to be taken literally; he is making Edom a type or representation of God's enemies, and the gist of his teaching is that a dreadful vengeance, an utter destruction, will come upon all who set themselves up against the Most High. In the next verse he declares that the vengeance will be eternal (comp. <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/34-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Her streams</span><br /><span class="heb">נְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḥā·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be turned</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנֶהֶפְכ֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ne·hep̄·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to tar,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְזֶ֔פֶת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ze·p̄eṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2203.htm">Strong's 2203: </a> </span><span class="str2">Asphalt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and her soil</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲפָרָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·p̄ā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dust, clay, earth, mud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to sulfur;</span><br /><span class="heb">לְגָפְרִ֑ית</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḡā·p̄ə·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1614.htm">Strong's 1614: </a> </span><span class="str2">Cypress-resin, sulphur</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her land</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְצָ֔הּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will become</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיְתָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a blazing</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּעֵרָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bō·‘ê·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kindle, consume, to be, brutish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pitch.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְזֶ֖פֶת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ze·p̄eṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2203.htm">Strong's 2203: </a> </span><span class="str2">Asphalt</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 34:9 Its streams will be turned into pitch (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 34:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 34:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/34-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 34:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 34:10" /></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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>