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Isaiah 34:3

34:2 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.
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.

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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.

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.

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.

34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

What does Isaiah 34:3 mean?

Isaiah 34:3 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָלָל (châlâl), שָׁלַךְ (shâlak), בְּאֹשׁ (bᵉʼôsh).

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Their
slainחָלָלchâlâl/khaw-lawl'/H2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
also
shall
be
cast
out,שָׁלַךְshâlak/shaw-lak/H7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
and
their
stinkבְּאֹשׁbᵉʼôsh/be-oshe'/H889a stench
shall
come
upעָלָהʻâlâh/aw-law'/H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
out
of
their
carcases,פֶּגֶרpeger/peh'gher/H6297a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
and
the
mountainsהַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
shall
be
meltedמָסַסmâçaç/maw-sas'/H4549to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
with
their
blood.דָּםdâm/dawm/H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

Commentary on Isaiah 34:3

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 34:3
ee of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. This shows what great blessings good men are, especially those that are eminently wise, to the places where they live, and therefore how much to be valued. 1. The righteous are as trees of life; the fruits of their piety and charity, their instructions, reproofs, examples, and prayers, their interest in heaven, and their influence upon earth, are like the fruits of that tree, precious and useful, contributing to the support and nourishment of the spiritual life in many; they are the ornaments of paradise, God's church on earth, for whose sake it stands. 2. The wise are something more; they are as trees of knowledge, not forbidden, but commanded knowledge. He that is wise, by communicating his wisdom, wins souls, wins upon them to bring them in love with God and holiness, and so wins them over into the interests of God's kingdom among men. The wise are said to turn many to righteousness, and that is the same with winning souls here, Dan. xii. 3 . Abraham's proselytes are called the souls that he had gotten, Gen. xii. 5 . Those that would win souls have need of wisdom to know how to deal with them; and those that do win souls show that they are wise. 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth:

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2 Kings 19:23

By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. By: Heb. By the hand of tall: Heb. tallness, etc of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field

2 Kings 2:16

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. strong: Heb. sons of strength some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains

Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Genesis 37:22

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Jeremiah 41:9

Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. because: or, near Gedaliah: Heb. by the hand, or, by the side of Gedaliah

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What does Isaiah 34:3 say?

Isaiah 34:3 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Isaiah 34:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 34:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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