Isaiah 34:5

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.

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

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For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down on Idumea, and on the people of my curse, to judgment.

34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

What does Isaiah 34:5 mean?

Isaiah 34:5 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חֶרֶב (chereb), רָוָה (râvâh), שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

For

swordחֶרֶבchereb/kheh'-reb/H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

shall

bathedרָוָהrâvâh/raw-vaw'/H7301to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)

heaven:שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

behold,

shall

come

downיָרַדyârad/yaw-rad'/H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)

upon

Idumea,אֱדֹםʼĔdôm/ed-ome'/H123Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him

and

upon

the

peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

curse,חֵרֶםchêrem/khay'-rem/H2764physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination

judgment.מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

Commentary on Isaiah 34:5

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 34:5

x-preverse" Advantages of the Righteous.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 9:15

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. discharge: or, casting off weapons

Isaiah 1:31

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. maker: or, and his work

Isaiah 32:5

The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

Acts 11:24

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

Romans 5:7

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

Topics

Edomites, the

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 34:5.

Genesis 28:12

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Numbers 20:18

And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 34:5 say?

Isaiah 34:5 (King James Version) reads: "For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment."

Is Isaiah 34:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 34:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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