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Isaiah 34:8

34:7 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. unicorns: or, rhinocerots soaked: or, drunken
For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

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For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.

34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

What does Isaiah 34:8 mean?

Isaiah 34:8 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יוֹם (yôwm), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), נָקָם (nâqâm). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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For
it
is
the
dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
of
the
LORD'SיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
vengeance,נָקָםnâqâm/naw-kawm'/H5359revenge
and
the
yearשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
of
recompencesשִׁלּוּםshillûwm/shil-loom'/H7966a requital, i.e. (secure) retribution, (venal) a fee
for
the
controversyרִיבrîyb/reeb/H7379a contest (personal or legal)
of
Zion.צִיּוֹןTsîyôwn/tsee-yone'/H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem

Commentary on Isaiah 34:8

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 34:8
of the righteous shall not be moved. Note, 1. Though men may advance themselves by sinful arts, they cannot by such arts settle and secure themselves; though they may get large estates they cannot get such as will abide: A man shall not be established by wickedness; it may set him in high places, but they are slippery places, Ps. lxxiii. 18 . That prosperity which is raised by sin is built on the sand, and so it will soon appear. 2. Though good men may have but little of the world, yet that little will last, and what is honestly got will wear well: The root of the righteous shall not be moved, though their branches may be shaken. Those that by faith are rooted in Christ are firmly fixed; in him their comfort and happiness are so rooted as never to be rooted up. 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 12:2

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. a double: Heb. an heart and an heart

Psalms 12:3

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: proud: Heb. great

Psalms 36:2

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. until: Heb. to find his iniquity to hate

Psalms 41:6

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Psalms 41:7

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. my: Heb. evil to me

Isaiah 24:9

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. the unrighteous: Heb. the man of iniquity abundantly: Heb. multiply to pardon

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

Matthew 2:3

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

Matthew 26:4

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. dishonesty: Gr. shame

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 34:8.

Genesis 6:3

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. cool: Heb. wind

Genesis 4:3

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. in process: Heb. at the end of days

Genesis 5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

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What does Isaiah 34:8 say?

Isaiah 34:8 (King James Version) reads: "For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion."

Is Isaiah 34:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 34:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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