Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 34

49 catchwords370 parallels

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Isaiah 34 . 1 , The judgments wherewith God revenges his church; Isaiah 34 . 11 , The desolation of her enemies; Isaiah 34 . 16 , The certainty of the prophecy.

Isaiah 34:1

Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.

Isaiah 34:1 · BSB

Come14 parallels

This and the following chapter , as Bp. Lowth observes , form one distinct prophecy; an entire , regular , and beautiful poem , consisting of two parts; the first containing a denunciation of Divine vengeance against the enemies of the people or church of God; the second describing the flourishing state of that church consequent upon those judgments. The event foretold is represented as of the highest importance , and of universal concern; all nations are called upon to attend to the declaration of it; and the wrath of God is denounced against all the nations who had provoked to anger the Defender of the cause of Zion. By a figure frequently occurring in the prophetical writings , the cities and people mentioned here , who were remarkably distinguished as the enemies of the people of God , are put for those enemies in general

let the6 parallels

all that is therein2 parallels

Heb. the fulness thereof

Reciprocal25 parallels

Isaiah 34:2

The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.

Isaiah 34:2 · BSB

the indignation14 parallels

and his2 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Isaiah 34:3

Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.

Isaiah 34:3 · BSB

slain9 parallels

and the mountains6 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Isaiah 34:4

All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.

Isaiah 34:4 · BSB

all the22 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Isaiah 34:5

When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.

Isaiah 34:5 · BSB

my sword9 parallels

upon Idumea8 parallels

the people6 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Isaiah 34:6

The sword of the LORD is bathed in 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 Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 34:6 · BSB

filled5 parallels

the fat1 parallel

the Lord hath8 parallels

Reciprocal22 parallels

Isaiah 34:7

And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.

Isaiah 34:7 · BSB

unicorns6 parallels

or , rhinoceroses

the bullocks4 parallels

soaked1 parallel

or , drunken

Reciprocal5 parallels

Isaiah 34:8

For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Isaiah 34:8 · BSB

the whole verse21 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 34:9

Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.

Isaiah 34:9 · BSB

the whole verse8 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 34:10

It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.

Isaiah 34:10 · BSB

shall not6 parallels

the smoke4 parallels

from4 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Isaiah 34:11

The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.

Isaiah 34:11 · BSB

cormorant5 parallels

or , pelican

stretch5 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Isaiah 34:12

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

Isaiah 34:12 · BSB

call3 parallels

nothing4 parallels

Reciprocal1 parallel

Isaiah 34:13

Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

Isaiah 34:13 · BSB

thorns4 parallels

an habitation12 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

owls or , ostriches , Heb. daughters of the owl

Isaiah 34:14

The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.

Isaiah 34:14 · BSB

The wild beasts of the desert1 parallel

Heb. Ziim

the wild beasts of the island1 parallel

Heb. Ijim

Reciprocal2 parallels

screech owl or , night-monster

Isaiah 34:16

Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

Isaiah 34:16 · BSB

Seek12 parallels

my mouth3 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Isaiah 34:17

He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

Isaiah 34:17 · BSB

he hath cast4 parallels

they shall2 parallels

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