Isaiah 34:2
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.
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.
3 Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
- WEB
- For the LORD is enraged against all the nations, and angry with all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them over for slaughter.
- ASV
- For Jehovah hath indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
- DARBY
- For the wrath of Jehovah is against all the nations, and [his] fury against all their armies: he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
- BLB
- For wrath [is] unto YHWH against all the nations, and rage against all their hosts; He has devoted them to destruction, He has given them over to the slaughter!
- ÅB
- For Herrens vrede er over alle hedningefolkene, og hans harme over all deres hær; han slår dem med bann, overgir dem til å slaktes ned.
- OTB
- For Herrens harme er over alle nasjoner, og Hans vrede over alle deres hærer. Han har fullstendig ødelagt dem, Han har overgitt dem til slakt.
- B1930
- For Herrens vrede er over alle hedningefolkene, og hans harme over all deres hær; han slår dem med bann, overgir dem til å slaktes ned.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:15–29
This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
Read in contextAmos 1:1–2
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
Read in contextJoel 3:9–14
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Read in contextZechariah 14:12–16
And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:25
And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:5
They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.
Read in contextZechariah 14:3
Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.
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