Isa 34:6, Eze 39:17 | JFB | STEP | 6. filled —glutted. The image of a sacrifice is continued. blood . . . fat —the parts especially devoted to God in a sacrifice ( ). lambs . . . goats — sacrificial animals: the Idumeans, of all classes, doomed to slaughter, are meant ( ). Bozrah —called Bostra by the Romans, &c., assigned in to Moab, so that it seems to have been at one time in the dominion of Edom, and at another in that of Moab ( ); it was strictly not in Edom, but the capital of Auranitis (the Houran ). Edom seems to have extended its dominion so as to include it (compare ).

Isaiah 34:6

6. filled—glutted. The image of a sacrifice is continued.

blood . . . fat—the parts especially devoted to God in a sacrifice (2Sa 1:22).

lambs . . . goats—sacrificial animals: the Idumeans, of all classes, doomed to slaughter, are meant (Zep 1:7).

Bozrah—called Bostra by the Romans, &c., assigned in Jer 48:24 to Moab, so that it seems to have been at one time in the dominion of Edom, and at another in that of Moab (Isa 63:1; Jer 49:13, 20, 22); it was strictly not in Edom, but the capital of Auranitis (the Houran). Edom seems to have extended its dominion so as to include it (compare La 4:21).

Ezekiel 39:17

17. (Re 19:17).

sacrifice—Anciently worshippers feasted on the sacrifices. The birds and beasts of prey are invited to the sacrificial feast provided by God (compare Isa 18:6; 34:6; Zep 1:7; Mr 9:49). Here this sacrifice holds only a subordinate place in the picture, and so is put last. Not only shall their bones lie long unburied, but they shall be stripped of the flesh by beasts and birds of prey.