Isa 34 | NASB2020 | STEP | Come near , you nations , to hear ; and listen , you peoples ! Let the earth and all it contains hear , and the world and all that springs from it.

Isaiah 34

God’s Wrath against Nations

1 Come near, ^ayou nations, to hear; and listen, you peoples!
^bLet the earth and ^{▼▼Lit its fullness}all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.
2 For the Lord’s ^danger is against all the nations,
And His wrath against all their armies.
He has ^{▼▼Lit put under the ban
,} ^futterly destroyed them,
He has turned them over to ^gslaughter.
3 So their slain will be ^hthrown out,
And their corpses ^{▼▼Lit their stench will go up}will give off their ^jstench,
And the mountains will ^{▼▼Lit dissolve}be drenched with their ^lblood.
4 And ^mall the heavenly ^{▼▼Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.}lights will ^{▼▼Lit rot}wear away,
And the ^psky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All its ^{▼▼Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.}lights will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.
5 For ^rMy sword has drunk its fill in heaven;
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon ^sEdom,
And upon the people whom I have ^tdesignated for destruction.
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It drips with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in ^uBozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of ^vEdom.
7 ^wWild oxen will also ^{▼▼Lit go down}fall with them
And ^yyoung bulls with strong ones;
So their land will be ^zsoaked with blood,
And their dust ^{▼▼Lit made fat}become greasy with fat.
8 For the Lord has a day of ^abvengeance,
A year of retribution for the ^{▼▼Or controversy}cause of Zion.
9 ^{▼▼I.e., Edom’s}Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into ^aebrimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
10 It will ^afnot be extinguished night or day;
Its ^agsmoke will go up forever.
From ^ahgeneration to generation it will be desolate;
^aiNone will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But ^{▼▼Or owl; or jackdaw
,} ^akpelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And ^{▼▼Or great horned owl}owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the ^amline of ^{▼▼Or formlessness}desolation
And the ^{▼▼Lit stones of void}plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles --there is ^apno one there
Whom they may proclaim king--
And all its officials will be ^aqnothing.
13 Thorns will come up in its ^arfortified towers,
Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of ^asjackals
And a habitat of ostriches.
14 The desert ^atcreatures will meet with the ^{▼▼Or howling creatures}wolves,
The ^{▼▼Or goat demon
,} ^awgoat also will cry to its kind.
Yes, the ^{▼▼Or a demon; Heb Lilith}night-bird will settle there
And will find herself a resting place.
15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,
And it will hatch and gather them under its ^{▼▼Lit shade}protection.
Yes, ^azthe ^{▼▼Or kites}hawks will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.
16 Seek from the ^bbbook of the Lord, and read:

Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For ^{▼▼As in DSS; MT My
,} ^bdHis mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.
17 He has cast the ^belot for them,
And His hand has divided it to them by the ^bfmeasuring line.
They shall possess it forever;
From ^bggeneration to generation they will dwell in it.