The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 34:1-17
Isaiah 34:1-17Come 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 outBabylon 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 punishmentThe eternal punishment falling on the Edomites is depicted (Isaiah 34:8-10) in... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 34:1-17
Isaiah 34:1-2 . 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 25:0. They comprise Jerusalem, Egypt, Tyre, Edom, Moab, Philistia, Arabia, Elam, and Media. Five years after the fall of Jerusalem, and while the siege of Tyre was conducting, Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Edom in his bloody career. At the fall of Jerusalem, Edom had not concealed her wanton joy. She had joined the Chaldeans in cruel wars... read more