Isaiah 34:4
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.
3 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.
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.
6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
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.
Compare
- 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 heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Read in contextMatthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Read in contextEzekiel 32:7–8
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Read in contextJoel 3:15
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Read in contextPsalms 102:25–26
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Read in context2 Peter 3:7–12
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Read in contextMark 13:24–25
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Read in contextRevelation 8:12
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
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