Isaiah 34:5

my sword(see on ch. Isaiah 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 preparation for its work, which is on earth.

Idumea Read Edom with R.V. The A.V. uses this Greek form here and in Isaiah 34:6, and in Ezekiel 35:15; Ezekiel 36:5, without any justification.

the people of my curse The last word is strictly ban (ḥçrem, cf. Isaiah 34:2): "the people on whom I have laid the ban."