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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:2

For the indignation of the Lord is upon , etc.; rather, for the Lord hath indignation against all the nations , and wrath against all their host . He hath utterly destroyed ; rather, he hath devoted , or put under ban . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:2

Divine indignations. It is important that we use the words which express the severe side of Divine dealings with great judgment and carefulness. We should resist the tendency of modern times to eliminate all the severer features from the conception of the Divine Being. Dr. Bushnell thus expresses it: "Our age is at the point of apogee from all the robuster notions of Deity." Our fathers made too much of t he Divine "wrath;" but we are in danger of making too little. There is a considerable... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 34:1

Come near, ye nations, to hear - That is, to hear of the judgments which God was about to execute, and the great purposes which he was about to accomplish. If the supposition be correct, that this and the following chapter contain a summing up of all that the prophet had thus far uttered; a declaration that all the enemies of the people of God would be destroyed - the most violent and bitter of whom was Idumea; and that this was to be succeeded by the happy times of the Messiah, then we see a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 34:2

For the indignation of the Lord - Yahweh is about to express his wrath against all the nations which are opposed to his people.He hath utterly destroyed them - In his purpose, or intention. The prophet represents this as so certain that it may be exhibited as already done. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 34:1

Isaiah 34:1. Come, &c. Here begins the third discourse of the third part of Isaiah’s prophecies, and is continued to the end of the next chapter. It is connected with the preceding, and, Vitringa thinks, was delivered at the same time. It is divided into two sections: the first, contained in this chapter, exhibits judgments upon the adversaries of the church, and particularly upon Edom; the latter, in chap. 35., the jubilee of the church, and its happy, flourishing state. The events... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 34:2-3

Isaiah 34:2-3. For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations Not only upon the Assyrians, and those nations which are confederate with them in their expedition against Judea, but upon all other enemies of my people. He hath utterly destroyed them He will infallibly destroy all of them. Their slain also shall be cast out Into the fields, where they shall lie unburied, and be left a prey to ravenous beasts and birds. In which words he implies, either that such vast numbers would be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-17

34:1-35:10 MORE ABOUT JUDGMENT AND SALVATIONJerusalem’s final triumph over Assyria is followed by further pictures of God’s final judgment on the world and the blessings that will follow. (See notes on the introduction to 24:1-27:13.) God’s enemies in this section are represented by one of Israel’s most ancient enemies, Edom.Punishment of the wicked (34:1-17)God calls sinners together to hear his judgment and receive his punishment. This judgment affects people worldwide, and involves the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 34:1

people = peoples. world = the inhabited world. Hebrew. tebel. all things, &c. = and all that is therein. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 34:2

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . utterly destroyed = devoted to destruction, or, placed under a Divine ban. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 34:1

Just as an earlier section of Isaiah is concluded by a graphic description of the eternal judgment in Isaiah 27, so here, having concluded his prophecies regarding the invasion of Sennacherib, the Lord here, through Isaiah, again made strong reference to the final judgment; and, in both instances, the Edomites are brought in especially as a people judged and condemned. It seems evident that Edom in both cases is singled out as a representative of all the wicked nations on earth, there being no... read more

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