Isaiah 34:4

Judgment The return of Christ

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.

³ Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.

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.

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.

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.

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: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
ASV: And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig-tree.
DARBY: And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered [fruit] from the fig-tree.
BLB: And all the host of heavens will be made to rot, and the heavens will be rolled up like a scroll; and all their host will fade away, like the fading of a leaf from the vine and like a falling from a fig tree.

ÅB: Og hele himmelens hær skal smuldre bort, og himmelen rulles sammen som en bokrull, og all dens hær skal visne og falle ned, som bladet faller av vintreet og det visne løv av fikentreet.
OTB: Alle himmelens stjerner skal falme bort, og himmelen skal bli rullet sammen som en bokrull; hele dens hær skal visne som blader visner fra vintreet, eller som inntørkede fikener fra fikentreet.
B1930: Og hele himmelens hær skal smuldre bort, og himmelen rulles sammen som en bokrull, og all dens hær skal visne og falle ned, som bladet faller av vintreet og det visne løv av fikentreet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 6:13–14
and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
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Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
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Ezekiel 32:7–8
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
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Joel 3:15
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
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Psalms 102:25–26
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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2 Peter 3:7–12
And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
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Mark 13:24–25
But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
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Revelation 8:12
Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
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