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Isaiah 34:8

Zion
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.

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.

For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

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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
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
KJV
For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
WEB
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
ASV
For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
DARBY
For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.
BLB
For a day of vengeance [is] unto YHWH, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
ÅB
for fra Herren kommer en hevnens dag, et gjengjeldelsens år for Sions sak.
OTB
For Herren har en tid for gjengjeldelse, og et år for gjengjeldelse i Sions navn.
B1930
for fra Herren kommer en hevnens dag, et gjengjeldelsens år for Sions sak.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 63:4

    For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

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  • Isaiah 61:2

    To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

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  • Isaiah 35:4

    Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

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  • Jeremiah 46:10

    For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

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  • Psalms 94:1

    O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

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  • Isaiah 26:21

    For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

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  • Revelation 6:10–11

    And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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  • Revelation 19:2

    For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

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