Isaiah 34:7
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.
And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
8 For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9 Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.
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
- And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The wild oxen will come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drunken with blood, and their dust made greasy with fat.
- ASV
- And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
- DARBY
- And the buffaloes 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.
- BLB
- And the wild oxen will go down with them and the young bulls with the mighty ones; and their land will be watered with blood, and their dust will be soaked with fat.
- ÅB
- Og villokser skal styrte sammen med dem, og stuter sammen med sterke okser, og deres land skal bli drukkent av blod, og deres jord gjødd med fett;
- OTB
- Ville okser skal falle med dem, og unge okser med mektige; deres land skal bli gjennomtrukket av blod, og deres støv skal bli fett av fett.
- B1930
- Og villokser skal styrte sammen med dem, og stuter sammen med sterke okser, og deres land skal bli drukkent av blod, og deres jord gjødd med fett;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 68:30
Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
Read in contextNumbers 23:22
God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:27
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:11
“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
Read in contextNumbers 24:8
God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
Read in contextJob 39:9–10
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
Read in contextPsalms 92:10
But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:17
His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
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