Isaiah 34:1-17

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. (Prof. G. A. Smith, D,D.)

Edom

Edom represents here all the powers hostile to the Church of God as such, and is thus an idea of the profoundest and widest cosmical significance. (F. Delitzsch.)

Edom’s punishment

The eternal punishment falling on the Edomites is depicted (Isaiah 34:8) in figures and colours suggested by the nearness of Edom to the Dead Sea, and the volcanic character of this mountain-land; it suffers the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah (Jeremiah 49:18). (F. Delitzsch.)

Isaiah 34:1; Isaiah 35:1

These are two wonderful Chapter s, and great use is made of them by Jeremiah and by Zephaniah. This use of the Bible by the Bible is of great consequence; not only is it interesting as a literary incident, but it is full of suggestion as to the range and certainty and usefulness of inspiration. (J. Parker, D. D.)