Jehovah summons all nations and the earth itself to hear a verdict of judgment: his indignation stands against all the nations and their host, the slain are cast out, mountains melt with blood, and the heavens are rolled together as a scroll while their host fades away (vv. 1–4). His sword, drunk in heaven, descends on Edom (a sacrifice in Bozrah, in the language of lambs, goats, and rams), for Jehovah has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion (vv. 5–8). Edom's streams turn to pitch, its dust to brimstone, and its smoke goes up forever; pelican, porcupine, owl, raven, jackals, and the night-monster inherit palaces measured by the line of confusion (vv. 9–15). The book of Jehovah certifies the census: not one creature is missing, and they possess the land from generation to generation (vv. 16–17).

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–8 The Host of Heaven Dissolved: a Day of Vengeance
B. 9–17 Edom's Streams of Pitch and the Book of the LORD

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Isaiah 633 verses
- Isaiah 63:1Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
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Malachi 12 verses
- Malachi 1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- Malachi 1:4Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
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Isaiah 342 verses
- Isaiah 34:7And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
- Isaiah 34:10It 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.
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Isaiah 431 verse
- Isaiah 43:9All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
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Zephaniah 31 verse
- Zephaniah 3:8Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
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