Isaiah 34:5-8

Judgment on the Nations

5 For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
behold, it descends for judgment upon a Edom,
upon the people b I have devoted to destruction.
 6 The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood;
it is gorged with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
c For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
 7 d Wild oxen shall e fall with them,
and f young steers with f the mighty bulls.
Their land shall drink its fill of blood,
and their soil shall be gorged with fat.

8 g For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:1 - 6
    Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.
    Jeremiah 49:7 - 22
    Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
    Obadiah 1:1 - 21
    The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!
    Malachi 1:2 - 4
    I have loved you," says the Lord. But you say, "How have you loved us?" "Is not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the Lord. "Yet I have loved Jacob
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 34:2
    For the Lord is enraged against all the nations, and furious against all their host; he has devoted them to destruction, has given them over for slaughter.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:1
    Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 23:22
    God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 47:1
    Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 22:12
    Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 22:12
    Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 61:2
    To proclaim the year of the Lord 's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn.
    Isaiah 63:4
    For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come.
    Psalms 137:7
    Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!
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