Isaiah 34:6-7 NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-8

Here we have a prophecy, as elsewhere we have a history, of the wars of the Lord, which we are sure are all both righteous and successful. This world, as it is his creature, he does good to; but as it is in the interest of Satan, who is called the god of this world, he fights against it. I. Here is the trumpet sounded and the war proclaimed, Isa. 34:1. All nations must hear and hearken, not only because what God is about to do is well worthy their remark (as Isa. 33:13), but because they are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 34:6

The sword of the Lord is filled with blood ,.... Multitudes being slain by it; the "Lord" here is that divine Person that is described as a warrior, as a General of an army, with a sharp sword, by whom many are slain, such a number as that it is filled with the blood of them, Revelation 19:11 , it is made fat with fatness : not only filled with the blood, but fattened by it; the allusion is to ravenous creatures gorged and sated with the blood of others, and thereby made fat; perhaps... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 34:7

And the unicorns shall come down with them ,.... With the lambs, goats, and rams; that is, either the rhinoceros, as some, there being no such creature as the unicorn; or the buffaloes, as F13 So Gussetius understands it of a larger sort of oxen, Comment. Ebr. p. 783. others; these "shall fall", as the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions render it, they shall be slain, as well as the rest; meaning, that along with the common soldiers, and inferior officers, the general officers... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:6

The Lord hath a sacrifice "For Jehovah celebrateth a sacrifice" - Ezekiel, Ezekiel 39:16 , Ezekiel 39:17 , has manifestly imitated this place of Isaiah. He hath set forth the great leaders and princes of the adverse powers under the same emblems of goats, bulls, rams, fatlings, etc., and has added to the boldness of the imagery, by introducing God as summoning all the fowls of the air, and all the beasts of the field, and bidding them to the feast which he has prepared for them by the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:7

The unicorns shall come down - ראמים reemim , translated wild goats by Bishop Lowth. The ראם reem Bochart thinks to be a species of wild goat in the deserts of Arabia. It seems generally to mean the rhinoceros. With blood "With their blood" - מדמם middamam ; so two ancient MSS. of Kennicott's the Syriac, and Chaldee. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-10

The terrors of the Lord not to be held back by the preacher, "Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord," says the great apostle of the Gentiles, "we persuade men. There is m these modern times a sickly sentimentality prevalent, which protests against the employment by preachers of arguments that address themselves to the fears of their hearers. Delicate nerves are not to be hurt by disagreeable images, or highly wrought descriptions of sufferings. Ears accustomed to flatteries are not to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-15

The Divine indignation. The strong, pictorial language of the prophet brings into bold relief some truths respecting God's indignation of which it is needful to be occasionally reminded. We learn— I. THAT IT IS A CONSTANT FACTOR IN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD . "Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people; let the earth hear, and all that is therein … for the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations ," etc. ( Isaiah 34:1 , Isaiah 34:2 ). It is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-17

SECTION 11. THE DIVINE JUDGMENT ON THE WORLD , AND THE GLORY OF THE CHURCH CONSEQUENT UPON IT ( Isaiah 34:1-17 ; Isaiah 35:1-10 .). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-17

The sins and punishment of Edom. The Edomites appear in the blackest colors in the descriptions of the prophets. And in this oracle their punishment is represented in the horrible desolation of their land. I. THEIR SINS . Their cruelty is above all stigmatized. At the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar they helped to plunder the city and slaughter the poor Jews. Their conduct on this occasion was never forgotten ( Psalms 137:1-9 .). In Obadiah we have the feelings about them... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:6

The sword of the Lord is filled ; or, glutted (Lowth). The tense is "the perfect of prophetic certainty." It is made fat with fatness . "Fed, as it were, on the fat of sacrifices" (see Le Isaiah 3:3 , Isaiah 3:4 , Isaiah 3:9 , Isaiah 3:10 , Isaiah 3:15 ; Isaiah 7:3 , etc.). Lambs … goats … rams . The lesser cattle represent the lower classes of those about to be slain, while the " unicorns " and " bullocks " of Isaiah 34:7 represent the upper classes—the great men... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 34:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 34:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 34:6

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