Isa 34:8-10 | NETfull | STEP | For the Lord has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.

Isaiah 34:8-10

8 For the Lord has planned a day of revenge, ^{▼▼ Heb “for a day of vengeance [is] for the Lord.”}
a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion. ^{▼▼ Heb “a year of repayment for the strife of Zion.” The translation assumes that רִיב (riv) refers to Edom’s hostility toward Zion. Another option is to understand רִיב (riv) as referring to the Lord’s taking up Zion’s cause. In this case one might translate, “a time when he will repay Edom and vindicate Zion.”}
9 Edom’s ^{▼▼ Heb “her”; the referent (Edom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} streams will be turned into pitch
and her soil into brimstone;
her land will become burning pitch.
10 Night and day it will burn; ^{▼▼ Heb “it will not be extinguished.”}
its smoke will ascend continually.
Generation after generation it will be a wasteland
and no one will ever pass through it again.