Isaiah 34:3
1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
2 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.
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
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
- Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
- KJV
- Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
- WEB
- Their slain will also be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies will come up. The mountains will melt in their blood.
- ASV
- Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
- DARBY
- And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up from their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
- BLB
- And their slain will be thrown out, and [from] their corpses their stench will rise, and the mountains will flow with their blood.
- ÅB
- Og de som blir drept, skal slenges bort, og stanken av deres døde kropper skal stige opp, og fjellene skal flyte av deres blod.
- OTB
- Deres drepte skal bli kastet ut, og deres lik vil avgi en stank; fjellene skal bli gjennomtrukket av deres blod.
- B1930
- Og de som blir drept, skal slenges bort, og stanken av deres døde kropper skal stige op, og fjellene skal flyte av deres blod.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joel 2:20
But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
Read in contextEzekiel 39:4
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:7
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Read in context2 Kings 9:35–37
And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:1–2
At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
Read in contextEzekiel 14:19
Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
Read in contextEzekiel 32:5–6
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
Read in contextRevelation 16:3–4
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
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