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The mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/34.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Their slain shall be cast out, and the stench of their corpses shall rise; the mountains shall flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/34.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/34.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So their slain will be thrown out, And their corpses will give off their stench, And the mountains will be drenched with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/34.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So their slain will be thrown out, And their corpses will give off their stench, And the mountains will be drenched with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So their slain will be thrown out, And their corpses will give off their stench, And the mountains will be drenched with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So their slain will be cast out, And their corpses will give off their stench, And the mountains will be drenched with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So their slain will be thrown out, And the stench of their corpses will rise, And the mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/34.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Their dead bodies will be left to rot and stink; their blood will flow down the mountains. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/34.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stink of their carcases shall come up, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Their dead bodies will be thrown out. A stench will rise from their corpses. Mountains will be red with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Their corpses will not be buried, but will lie there rotting and stinking; and the mountains will be red with blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/34.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Their slain will be thrown out; and as for their dead bodies— their stench will ascend; the mountains will be soaked with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/34.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Their slain will be left unburied, their corpses will stink; the hills will soak up their blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Their slain will also be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies will come up; and the mountains will melt in their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Their slain also shall be cast out, and their ill smell shall come up from their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/34.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Their slain will also be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies will come up. The mountains will melt in their blood. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And their wounded are cast out, "" And their carcasses cause their stench to ascend, "" And mountains have been melted from their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And their wounded are cast out, And their carcases cause their stench to ascend, And melted have been mountains from their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And their wounded shall be cast out, and their carcasses the stench shall go up, and the mountains flowed down from their blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Their slain shall be cast forth, and out of their carcasses shall rise a slink: the mountains shall be melted with their blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Their slain will be cast out, and from their carcasses a foul odor will rise up. The mountains will languish because of their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Their slain shall be cast out, their corpses shall send up a stench; the mountains shall run with their blood, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Their slain shall be cast out, and the stench of their corpses shall rise; the mountains shall flow with their blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stink of their corpses shall come up, and the mountains shall be drenched with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And their slain shall be cast out and the stench of their corpses will hit, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Their slain also shall be cast out, And the stench of their carcasses shall come up, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And their slain shall be cast forth, and their corpses; and their <i>ill</i> savour shall come up, and the mountains shall be made wet with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/34-3.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=7124" 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">2</span>The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2491.htm" title="2491: wə·ḥal·lê·hem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Pierced, polluted. From chalal; pierced; figuratively, polluted.">Their slain</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: yuš·lā·ḵū (V-Hofal-Imperf-3mp) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">will be left unburied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/889.htm" title="889: ḇā·’ə·šām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Stench. From bo'r; a stench.">and the stench</a> <a href="/hebrew/6297.htm" title="6297: ū·p̄iḡ·rê·hem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Corpse, carcass. From pagar; a carcase, whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image.">of their corpses</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya·‘ă·leh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">will rise;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rîm (N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/4549.htm" title="4549: wə·nā·mas·sū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To dissolve, melt. A primitive root; to liquefy; figuratively, to waste, to faint.">will flow</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: mid·dā·mām (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">with their blood.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.…<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/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Jeremiah 25:33</a></span><br />Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-20</a></span><br />And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ...<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="/nahum/3-3.htm">Nahum 3:3</a></span><br />Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-17.htm">Zephaniah 1:17</a></span><br />I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Jeremiah 9:22</a></span><br />Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-5.htm">Ezekiel 32:5-6</a></span><br />I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. / I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-6.htm">Revelation 16:6</a></span><br />For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a></span><br />“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Jeremiah 7:33</a></span><br />The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-19.htm">Ezekiel 14:19</a></span><br />Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-13.htm">Revelation 11:13</a></span><br />And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-21.htm">Lamentations 2:21</a></span><br />Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Ezekiel 6:5</a></span><br />I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcasses, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.</p><p class="hdg">slain</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Isaiah 14:19,20</a></b></br> But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, <i>and as</i> the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35-37</a></b></br> And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of <i>her</i> hands… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Jeremiah 8:1,2</a></b></br> At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: … </p><p class="hdg">and the mountains</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Isaiah 34:7</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/32-5.htm">Ezekiel 32:5,6</a></b></br> And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/14-20.htm">Revelation 14:20</a></b></br> And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand <i>and</i> six hundred furlongs.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/14-14.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Carcases</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-7.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Corpses</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-4.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/songs/5-2.htm">Drenched</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-1.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-25.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-25.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-24.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Melted</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-10.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-7.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Smell</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Stench</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Stink</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-11.htm">Thrown</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/34-10.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Carcases</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-17.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Corpses</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Drenched</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-9.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-18.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-4.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-1.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Melted</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-10.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Smell</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Stench</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-2.htm">Stink</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-19.htm">Thrown</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'; 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In ancient Near Eastern culture, burial was a significant practice, and leaving bodies unburied was considered a great dishonor (<a href="/1_kings/14-11.htm">1 Kings 14:11</a>). This imagery underscores the totality of God's wrath against sin and rebellion. The unburied dead symbolize the complete defeat and disgrace of those who oppose God. This can be seen as a foreshadowing of the final judgment, where those who reject God face eternal separation from Him (<a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">Revelation 20:11-15</a>).<p><b>and the stench of their corpses will rise</b><br>The rising stench signifies the magnitude of the destruction and serves as a vivid reminder of the consequences of sin. In the ancient world, the smell of decay was associated with death and corruption, emphasizing the physical and spiritual decay resulting from rebellion against God. This imagery is echoed in other prophetic writings, such as <a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Jeremiah 25:33</a>, where the slain are left as refuse on the ground, highlighting the pervasive nature of judgment.<p><b>the mountains will flow with their blood</b><br>This hyperbolic language illustrates the vastness of the slaughter and the overwhelming nature of divine retribution. Mountains, often seen as symbols of strength and stability, are depicted as being overwhelmed by the blood of the slain, indicating that no earthly power can withstand God's judgment. This imagery is reminiscent of the apocalyptic visions in Revelation, where blood flows as high as a horse's bridle (<a href="/revelation/14-20.htm">Revelation 14:20</a>), symbolizing the complete and inescapable nature of divine justice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a></b><br>This chapter is a prophecy against Edom, representing nations opposed to God. Edom, a historical enemy of Israel, symbolizes God's judgment on all nations that oppose His will.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered this message. Isaiah's prophecies often include themes of judgment and redemption, calling people back to faithfulness to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_day.htm">Judgment Day</a></b><br>The event described in this passage is a depiction of divine judgment, a common theme in prophetic literature, where God executes justice against the wicked.<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. This passage serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin and rebellion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_blood_and_corpses.htm">Symbolism of Blood and Corpses</a></b><br>The imagery of blood and corpses signifies the severity of God's wrath. It is a call to repentance and a warning to turn away from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is sovereign over all nations, and His justice will prevail. This should encourage believers to trust in God's ultimate plan and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The graphic nature of this prophecy is a call to repentance. It urges individuals and nations to seek God's mercy and align with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_redemption.htm">Hope in Redemption</a></b><br>While this passage focuses on judgment, it is part of a larger account that includes redemption for those who turn to God. Believers can find hope in God's promise of salvation.<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/what_are_creation_theology's_beliefs.htm">What are the core beliefs of creation theology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_revelation's_seven_seals.htm">What are Revelation's seven seals?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_43_3_conflict_with_science.htm">Does Psalm 43:3's mention of 'light and truth' conflict with modern scientific definitions of these concepts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_biblical_prophecies_fail.htm">Why do failed biblical prophecies exist?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Cast out</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> refused burial - thrown to the dogs and vultures (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Jeremiah 22:19</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/36-30.htm">Jeremiah 36:30</a>). Such treatment of the dead was regarded as a shame and a disgrace. It was on some occasions an intentional insult (<a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Jeremiah 22:19</a>); but here the idea is rather that it would be impossible to bury the slain on account of their number. In ancient times corpses often lay unburied on battle-fields (Herod., 3:12). <span class="cmt_word">The mountains shall be molted with their blood</span>. When the feelings of the prophet are excited, he shrinks from no hyperbole. Here he represents the blood of God's enemies as shed in such torrents that mountains are melted by it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/34-3.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">Their slain</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחַלְלֵיהֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥal·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2491.htm">Strong's 2491: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pierced, polluted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be left unburied,</span><br /><span class="heb">יֻשְׁלָ֔כוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yuš·lā·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw out, down, away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the stench</span><br /><span class="heb">בָאְשָׁ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·’ə·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_889.htm">Strong's 889: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stench</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their corpses</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפִגְרֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄iḡ·rê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6297.htm">Strong's 6297: </a> </span><span class="str2">A carcase, an idolatrous image</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will rise;</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲלֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will flow</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָמַ֥סּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·mas·sū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4549.htm">Strong's 4549: </a> </span><span class="str2">To liquefy, to waste, to faint</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with their blood.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדָּמָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dā·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 34:3 Their slain will also be cast out (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 34:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 34:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/34-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 34:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 34:4" /></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>