Isaiah 34:9-10

The prophet described Edom’s overthrow in terms reminiscent of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (cf. Genesis 19:24-28; Deuteronomy 29:23; Psalms 11:6; Jeremiah 49:18; Revelation 14:10-11), which lay in the same general direction as Edom from Jerusalem. Edom’s actions brought on this destruction. The world’s end will be total, and its territory will be uninhabitable from then on (Isaiah 66:24; Revelation 19:3; cf. Leviticus 6:13). The absence of specific references to Edom in Isaiah 34:9-17 helps the reader appreciate that a judgment far beyond that one nation’s future is in view. The only reason people will be able to inhabit the earth during the Millennium, following the Tribulation, is because God will renovate it (chs. 35; 40-66). Human sin affects humanity’s environment.