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Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 34:1

Isaiah 34:1. Come near, &c.— Draw near, O ye nations, and hearken; and attend unto me, O ye peoples! Let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all that spring from it. Lowth. As the prophet here directs his discourse to all the inhabitants of the earth, properly speaking, and not figuratively, as elsewhere, (ch. Isaiah 1:2.) By the fulness of the earth, we must understand men, who replenish it; and their offspring by all that come forth of it. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 34:2-4

Isaiah 34:2-4. For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations— For the wrath of JEHOVAH is kindled against all the nations; and his anger against all the orders thereof; he hath devoted them; he hath given them up to slaughter; and their slain shall be cast out; and from their carcases their stink shall ascend; and the mountains shall melt down with their blood. Lowth. This sentence upon the nations is sufficient to strike terror into every hearer. It exhibits a kind of general judgment,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 34:1

1. All creation is summoned to hear God's judgments (Ezekiel 6:3; Deuteronomy 32:1; Psalms 50:4; Micah 6:1; Micah 6:2), for they set forth His glory, which is the end of creation (Revelation 15:3; Revelation 4:11). that come forth of it—answering to "all that is therein"; or Hebrew, "all whatever fills it," Margin. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 34:2

2. utterly destroyed—rather, "doomed them to an utter curse" [HORSLEY]. delivered—rather, "appointed." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 34:1

Isaiah called everyone in the world to hear what follows (cf. Isaiah 1:2; Psalms 25:1; Psalms 96:1-3; Psalms 97:1; Psalms 98:1-2; Psalms 98:4). It has universal significance and scope. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 34:2

The first reason (cf. Isaiah 34:5-6; Isaiah 34:8) everyone should listen is that the Lord is very angry with the nations. He has determined to devote them to destruction, to put them under the ban (Heb. herem; cf. Isaiah 11:15; Joshua 6:21; 1 Samuel 15:3)."In the Hebrew setting at least two implications [of the ban] are significant: spoils are devoted to God to show that God alone has won a battle (Jericho); when a nation has deliberately blocked the flow of God’s love to the world, it forfeits... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:1-10

Sentence on the Nations. Blessings in Store for God’s PeopleThese chapters are now generally considered non-Isaianic and referred to the period of the exile, on two grounds: (a) the literary style is unlike Isaiah’s. (b) The strong feeling against Edom points to a date subsequent to the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, when the Edomites exulted in the city’s fall and sided against the Jews, conduct which provoked bitter resentment (Obadiah 1:10-16; Lamentations 4:21-22; Psalms... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:1-17

4. Cp. 1 Isaiah 3:10. 5. Shall be bathed] RV ’hath drunk its fill.’ Idumea] RV ’Edom.’6. Bozrah] a strongly fortified city of Edom (Isaiah 63:1; Amos 1:12; Jeremiah 49:13). See the same imagery Jeremiah 46:10. The men slain by divine vengeance are compared to beasts offered in sacrifice.7. Unicorns] RV ’wild-oxen.’ Come down] i.e. to the shambles. 8. 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... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 34:1

XXXIV.(1) Come near, ye nations, to hear . . .—The two chapters that follow have a distinct character of their own. They form, as it were, the closing epilogue of the first great collection of Isaiah’s prophecies, the historical section that follows (Isaiah 36-39) serving as a link between them and the great second volume, which comes as an independent whole. Here, accordingly, we have to deal with what belongs to a transition period, probably the closing years of the reign of Hezekiah The... read more

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