For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion, the time when Jehovah will retaliate on those who have contended with Zion, in order to give justice to Zion, the people of His choice. Isaiah 43:4; Deuteronomy 32:35.
Verse Isaiah 34:8. _THE YEAR OF RECOMPENSES FOR THE CONTROVERSY OF_ _ZION__ _- "The year of recompense to the defender of the cause of Zion"] As from דון _dun_, דין din, a judge; so from רוב _rub_, רי...
FOR IT IS THE DAY OF THE LORD’S VENGEANCE - A time when Yahweh will take vengeance. THE YEAR OF RECOMPENSES FOR THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION - The time when he will recompense, that is, punish those who h...
CHAPTER 34 The Day of Jehovah 1. _Addressed to the world: Jews and Gentiles involved (Isaiah 34:1)_ 2. _The shaking of the earth and the heavens (Isaiah 34:2)_ 3. _The day of vengeance (Isaiah 34:9)_...
In preparation for the slaughter of earth Yahweh's sword has drunk its fill of wrath in heaven. Now, charged and sharpened with its fury, it descends to execute the ban upon Edom (_mg.)._ His sword re...
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The slaughter of the inhabitants of Edom....
Comp. ch. Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 63:4; Jeremiah 50:28; Jeremiah 51:6; J
FOR MY SWORD SHALL BE BATHED IN HEAVEN— The meaning of this period is, that on a certain day of judgment, which is elsewhere called _the great day of the Lord's vengeance,_ a mighty slaughter shall be...
2. SHAMBLES TEXT: Isaiah 34:8-17 8 For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. 9 And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into...
For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. FOR (IT IS) THE DAY OF THE LORD'S VENGEANCE, (AND) THE YEAR OF RECOMPENCES FOR THE CONTROVERSY O...
4. CP. 1 Isaiah 3:10....
CONTROVERSY] 'quarrel.' The calamity of Edom is a punishment from Jehovah for its hostility to Zion. 9, 10. Imagery suggested by the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah (Jeremiah 49:18), and by the volcanic c...
When the *Babylonians destroyed *Jerusalem, the *Edomites joined them against God’s special people. (See Psalms 137:7 and Jeremiah 49:13. See also the Book of Obadiah, verse 11; all this short book is...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 34 GOD WILL PUNISH HIS ENEMIES v1 Come, all you nations! Gather here and listen. Let...
THE YEAR OF RECOMPENCES FOR THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION... — The long-delayed day of retribution should come at last. This would be the outcome from the hand of Jehovah for the persistent hostility of the...
כִּ֛י יֹ֥ום נָקָ֖ם לַֽ יהוָ֑ה שְׁנַ֥ת שִׁלּוּ
REAPING THE WHIRLWIND Isaiah 34:1-17 This chapter is one prolonged description of the judgments which were to befall the nations at the hand of Assyria and Babylon. The imagery employed is borrowed f...
This and the following chapter constitute the second part of the final circle of the prophecies of judgment. Terrible indeed is the description of world-wide desolation which this chapter presents. Th...
_Recompenses. When the persecutors of Sion, that is, of the Church, shall receive their reward. (Challoner) --- The Idumeans had frequently shown their ill-will towards the Jews, 2 Paralipomenon xxvii...
I pass over the several particulars in these verses, which mean one and the same thing, of God's judgments, differently set forth, to call the Reader's attention to that striking one folded up in them...
8_For it is the day of vengeance of Jehovah. _This verse must be viewed as closely connected with the preceding verses, for it points out the object which the Lord has in view in punishing the Edomite...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with righteousness,...
FOR [IT IS] THE DAY OF THE LORD'S VENGEANCE,.... The time which he has appointed to take vengeance on antichrist, his 1260 days, or years; being up, in which he is to reign; these being expired, the t...
For [it is] the day of the LORD'S vengeance, [and] the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. Ver. 8. _For the controversy of Zion,_] _i.e., _ Of the Church, both Jewish and Christian, sait...
_And the unicorns shall come down_ The word ראמים, _reemim_, here rendered _unicorns_, is the same with that used Numbers 23:22, where see the note. Bishop Lowth renders it here, _wild goats;_ and Dr....
1-8 Here is a prophecy of the wars of the Lord, all which are both righteous and successful. All nations are concerned. And as they have all had the benefit of his patience, so all must expect to fee...
This is the time which God hath long since appointed and fixed, to avenge the cause of his oppressed and persecuted people against all their enemies....
Isaiah 34:8 day H3117 LORDS H3068 vengeance H5359 year H8141 recompense H7966 cause H7379 Zion H6726...
‘For it is the day of Yahweh's vengeance, The year of recompense in the controversy of Zion.' Yahweh's day has finally come on Edom, the day when He revenges His people, and when sin too is dealt wi...
CONTENTS: Prophecy of the Day of the Lord and Armaggedon. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: There is a day fixed in the divine counsels for the deliverance of God's people and cause in the earth and the d...
Isaiah 34:1. _Come near ye nations to hear for the indignation of the Lord is upon all_ the kingdoms of western Asia. Those nations are named in Jeremiah 25. They comprise Jerusalem, Egypt, Tyre, Edom...
_Come near, ye nations, to hear._ --The subject is, as in chap. 13., the Lord’s judgment upon all the nations; and as chap 13. singled out Babylon for special doom, so chap. 34, singles out Edom. ...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 34:1 These chapters describe God’s final judgment of the world (ch. Isaiah 34:1) and vindication of his people (ch....
THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION Isaiah 34:8. _For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, &c._ The Lord has always been mindful of His Church. He is pledged to her defence against the world, and against the w...
SECTION 11. THE DIVINE JUDGMENT ON THE WORLD, AND THE GLORY OF THE CHURCH CONSEQUENT UPON IT (Isaiah 34:1;...
Come near, ye nations, to hear; hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation (Isaiah 34:1-2) A term that is us...
2 Thessalonians 1:6; Deuteronomy 32:35; Deuteronomy 32:41; Isaiah 26:21;...
For — This is the time which God hath fixed, to avenge the cause of his persecuted people....