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Isaiah 34

God's Wrath against Nations

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Draw near,  aO nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples!  bLet the earth and  1all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.

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For the LORD'S  aindignation is against all the nations, And His wrath against all their armies; He has  1 butterly destroyed them, He has given them over to  cslaughter.

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So their slain will be  athrown out, And their corpses  1will give off their  bstench, And the mountains will  2be drenched with their  cblood.

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And  aall the host of heaven will  1wear away, And the  bsky will be rolled up like a scroll; All their hosts will also wither away As a leaf withers from the vine, Or as one withers from the fig tree.

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For  aMy sword is satiated in heaven, Behold it shall descend for judgment upon  bEdom And upon the people whom I have  cdevoted to destruction.

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The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is  1sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in  aBozrah And a great slaughter in the land of  bEdom.

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 aWild oxen will also  1fall with them And  byoung bulls with strong ones; Thus their land will be  csoaked with blood, And their dust  2become greasy with fat.

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For the LORD has a day of  avengeance, A year of recompense for the  1cause of Zion.

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 1Its streams will be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into  abrimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.

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It will  anot be quenched night or day; Its  bsmoke will go up forever. From  cgeneration to generation it will be desolate;  dNone will pass through it forever and ever.

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But  1 apelican and hedgehog will possess it, And  2owl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the  bline of  3desolation And the  4plumb line of emptiness.

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Its nobles--there is  ano one there Whom they may proclaim king-- And all its princes will be  bnothing.

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Thorns will come up in its  afortified towers, Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of  bjackals And an abode of ostriches.

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The desert  acreatures will meet with the  1wolves, The  2 ahairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the  3night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place.

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The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there, And it will hatch and gather them under its  1protection. Yes,  athe  2hawks will be gathered there, Every one with its kind.

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Seek from the  abook of the LORD, and read: Not one of these will be missing; None will lack its mate. For  1 bHis mouth has commanded, And His Spirit has gathered them.

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He has cast the  alot for them, And His hand has divided it to them by  bline. They shall possess it forever; From  cgeneration to generation they will dwell in it.



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