Bible Commentary

The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. 14. wild beasts the desert wild beasts of the island satyr ] See on ch. Isa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:14”

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be a habitation of dragons, [and] a court for owls. 13. The mention of nobles and princes naturally leads to the palaces and castles. dragons owls ] jackals ostriches (R.V.). See on ch. Isa 13:21 f. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:13”

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 12. They shall call the nobles there ] A very obscure sentence, probably through a defect in the text. The rendering of E.V. might be maintained if with Prof. Weir we suppose a transposition … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:12”

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. 11. the cormorant and the bittern ] Zep 2:14. R.V. has “the pelican (Lev 11:18; Psa 102:6) and the porcupine”; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:11”

It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up forever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever. It shall not be quenched night nor day – That is, the burning brimstone and pitch Isa 34:9, the emblem of perpetual and entire … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:10”

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 9, 10. The description is no doubt suggested by the volcanic phenomena which accompanied the destruction of the neighbouring cities of the Plain (Genesis 19; Jer 49:18). The division of clauses in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:9”

For [it is] the day of the LORD’s vengeance, [and] the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. 8. Comp. ch. Isa 61:2, Isa 63:4; Jer 50:28; Jer 51:6; Jer 51:11. the controversy of Zion ] with Edom. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges For it is the day of the Lords … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:8”

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. 7. For unicorns render with R.V. wild oxen. come down ] sc. to the place of slaughter, Jer 48:15, &c. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:7”

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. 6. The sword of the Lord is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:6”

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 5. my sword (see on ch. Isa 27:1) shall be bathed ] Better: is drunk; i.e. not “with blood” (which suggests an idea foreign to this passage) but “with fury,” in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 34:5”