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Isaiah 34:1

in Isaiah 34

Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

KJV

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

This verse in Isaiah 34

Commentary

9 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

He addresses the Edomites who would haughtily despise these judgments, and therefore he calls heaven and earth to bear witness against them; for he dedares that the judgment will be so visible and striking, that not only all the nations but even the dumb creatures shall behold it.

This site's exposition

Come near, O nations, to listen

on Isaiah 34:1-4

The chapter opens beyond Edom with a summons to the whole world: Come near, O nations, to listen. The LORD is angry with all the nations, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll. Revelation 6:14 uses the same image at the sixth seal.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Chapter 34, Verse 1, etc.) Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth and all that fills it hear, the world and all that springs from it. For the Lord's indignation is against all the nations, and His fury is against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them and given them over to slaughter. Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will be drenched with their blood.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 1274.

proposed

734. Come near, you Gentiles. In this part, he threatens those who were assistants to the Assyrians, and first, he threatens all of them together; second, he threatens the Idumeans in particular, where it says, behold it shall come down upon Idumea (Isa 34:5). Concerning …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

1 ) and ought to hearken to its Maker and Master. The world must hear, and all things that come forth of it, the children of men, that are of the earth earthy, come out of it, and must return to it; or the inanimate products of the earth are called to, as more likely to hearken than sinners, whose hearts are hardened against the calls of God.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

All creation is summoned to hear God's judgments (Eze 6:3; Mic 6:1, 2), for they set forth His glory, which is the end of creation (Re 15:3; 4:11). that come forth of it--answering to "all that is therein"; or Hebrew, "all whatever fills it," Margin.
2 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Hearken “Attend unto me” - A MS. adds in this line the word אלי ali, unto me, after לאמים leummim; which seems to be genuine.
Come near, ye nations, to hear - That is, to hear of the judgments which God was about to execute, and the great purposes which he was about to accomplish.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • קִרְב֤וּdraw near

    kirvuH7126 →280 times

  • גוֹיִם֙O nations

    goyimH1471 →561 times

  • לִשְׁמֹ֔עַto hear

    lishmoa'H8085 →1159 times

  • וּלְאֻמִּ֖יםand O peoples

    uleumimH3816 →31 times

  • הַקְשִׁ֑יבוּpay attention

    hakshivuH7181 →46 times

  • תִּשְׁמַ֤עlet it hear

    tishma'H8085 →1159 times

  • הָאָ֙רֶץ֙the earth

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • וּמְלֹאָ֔הּand what fills it

    umeloahH4393 →38 times

  • תֵּבֵ֖ל[the] world

    tevelH8398 →36 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • צֶאֱצָאֶֽיהָ׃produce<s> its

    tzeetzaeihaH6631 →11 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 10:26

    for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 24:1

      The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

  • Through

    Isaiah 1:2

    Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 32:1

      Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

    • Deuteronomy 30:19

      I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

    • Micah 1:2

      Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.

    • Deuteronomy 4:26

      I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…

  • Through

    Isaiah 41:1

    “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 1:18

      “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

    • Habakkuk 2:20

      But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

    • Zechariah 2:13

      Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

Where this verse is studied

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.