Isaiah 34:2
in Isaiah 34The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
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ASV
For Jehovah hath indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Isaiah 34
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
For the indignation of the Lord - Yahweh is about to express his wrath against all the nations which are opposed to his people. He hath utterly destroyed them - In his purpose, or intention. The prophet represents this as so certain that it may be exhibited as already done.
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.
This site's exposition
The LORD is angry with all the nations
Calvin takes all the nations here as the peoples round Judah, who were as much her enemies as her neighbours. The LORD devotes them to destruction and gives them over to slaughter in verbs of the past tense. The slaughter is settled in his anger before it falls.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(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
735. Second, he sets out the threatening: for the indignation, as to three things. First, as to the destruction of their people, setting out the indignation of the judge, namely, God: the indignation of the Lord, above: this is the hand that is stretched out …
The Reformation1 voice
For the indignation of Jehovah is on all the nations. He undoubtedly means "the nations" which were hostile to the Jews, and at the same time were contiguous to them; for, being surrounded on all sides by various nations, they had almost as many enemies as neighbors.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations,....
As they have all had the benefit of his patience, so they must all expect now to feel his resentments. His fury is in a special manner upon all their armies, (1.) Because with them they have done mischief to the people of God; those are they that have made bloody work with them, and therefore they must be sure to have blood given them to drink.
1 more voice on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Those only are slain whom God delivers to the slaughter, for the keys of death are in his hand; and, in delivering them to the slaughter, he has utterly destroyed them; their destruction is as sure, when God has doomed them to it, as if they were destroyed already, utterly destroyed.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| קֶ֤צֶף | ketzef | wrath | H7110 → | 29 times |
| לַֽיהוָה֙ | layahweh | [belongs] to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | towards | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וְחֵמָ֖ה | vechemah | and rage | H2534 → | 125 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | towards | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צְבָאָ֑ם | tzevaam | army their | H6635 → | 485 times |
| הֶחֱרִימָ֖ם | hecherimam | he will totally destroy them | H2763 → | 52 times |
| נְתָנָ֥ם | netanam | he will deliver up them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לַטָּֽבַח׃ | latavach | to <the> slaughter | H2874 → | 12 times |
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
קֶ֤צֶףwrath
ketzefH7110 →29 times
לַֽיהוָה֙[belongs] to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַל־towards
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַגּוֹיִ֔םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
וְחֵמָ֖הand rage
vechemahH2534 →125 times
עַל־towards
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
צְבָאָ֑םarmy their
tzevaamH6635 →485 times
הֶחֱרִימָ֖םhe will totally destroy them
hecherimamH2763 →52 times
נְתָנָ֥םhe will deliver up them
netanamH5414 →2011 times
לַטָּֽבַח׃to <the> slaughter
latavachH2874 →12 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
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.…
it leads to
- Joel 3:2
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among…
- Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He…
- Psalms 27:14
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
- Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- 2 Peter 3:10
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid…
- Joel 3:2
Through
Isaiah 13:5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 50:9
For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their…
- Jeremiah 51:20–46
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
- Matthew 24:31
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
- Jeremiah 50:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Isaiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; 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.