Isa 34:5 | HCSB | STEP | When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens , it will then come down on Edom and on the people I have set apart for destruction .

c Nm 20:14-21; Isa 63:1; Jr 49:7-8,20; Ezk 25:12-14; 35:1-15; Jl 3:19; Am 1:11-12; Ob 1-14; Mal 1:4

‏ Isaiah 34:5

The Judgment of Edom

5 When My sword has drunk its fill ^{▼▼DSS read sword will appear
,} ^b in the heavens,
it will then come down on Edom ^c
and on the people I have ^{▼▼set apart for destruction/ completely destroy: In Canaan or its neighboring countries, this was the destruction during war of a city, its inhabitants, and their possessions, including livestock.}set apart for destruction.