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God's
Wrath against Nations |
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| Isaiah 34:1 |
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Draw near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O
peoples! Let the earth and all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs
from it. |
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| Isaiah 34:2 |
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For the LORD'S indignation is against all the
nations, And His wrath against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to slaughter. |
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| Isaiah 34:3 |
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So their slain will be thrown out, And their
corpses will give off their stench, And the mountains will be drenched with their
blood. |
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| Isaiah 34:4 |
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And all the host of heaven will wear away, And
the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine, Or as one withers from the fig tree. |
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| Isaiah 34:5 |
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For My sword is satiated in heaven, Behold it
shall descend for judgment upon Edom And upon the people whom I have devoted to
destruction. |
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| Isaiah 34:6 |
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The sword of the LORD is filled with blood,
It is sated 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 And a great slaughter in the land
of Edom. |
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| Isaiah 34:7 |
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Wild oxen will also fall with them And young
bulls with strong ones; Thus their land will be soaked with blood, And their dust
become greasy with fat. |
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| Isaiah 34:8 |
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For the LORD has a day of vengeance, A year
of recompense for the cause of Zion. |
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| Isaiah 34:9 |
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Its streams will be turned into pitch, And its
loose earth into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch. |
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| Isaiah 34:10 |
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It will not be quenched night or day; Its smoke
will go up forever. From generation to generation it will be desolate; None will
pass through it forever and ever. |
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| Isaiah 34:11 |
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But pelican and hedgehog will possess it, And
owl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the line of desolation
And the plumb line of emptiness. |
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| Isaiah 34:12 |
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Its nobles--there is no one there Whom they
may proclaim king-- And all its princes will be nothing. |
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| Isaiah 34:13 |
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Thorns will come up in its fortified towers,
Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of jackals
And an abode of ostriches. |
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| Isaiah 34:14 |
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The desert creatures will meet with the wolves,
The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there
And will find herself a resting place. |
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| Isaiah 34:15 |
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The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs
there, And it will hatch and gather them under its protection. Yes, the hawks
will be gathered there, Every one with its kind. |
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| Isaiah 34:16 |
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Seek from the book of the LORD, and read: Not
one of these will be missing; None will lack its mate. For His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them. |
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| Isaiah 34:17 |
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He has cast the lot for them, And His hand has
divided it to them by line. They shall possess it forever; From generation to
generation they will dwell in it. |
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