Isaiah 34 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 35

¹The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

KJVThe wilderness^H4057 and the solitary place^H6723 shall be glad^H7797^(H8799) for them; and the desert^H6160 shall rejoice^H1523^(H8799), and blossom^H6524^(H8799) as the rose^H2261.

² It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.

KJVIt shall blossom^H6524^(H8799) abundantly^H6524^(H8800), and rejoice^H1523^(H8799) even with joy^H1525 and singing^H7444^(H8763): the glory^H3519 of Lebanon^H3844 shall be given^H5414^(H8738) unto it, the excellency^H1926 of Carmel^H3760 and Sharon^H8289, they shall see^H7200^(H8799) the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068, and the excellency^H1926 of our God^H430.

³ Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.

KJVStrengthen^H2388^(H8761) ye the weak^H7504 hands^H3027, and confirm^H553^(H8761) the feeble^H3782^(H8802) knees^H1290.

⁴ Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

KJVSay^H559^(H8798) to them that are of a fearful^H4116^(H8737) heart^H3820, Be strong^H2388^(H8798), fear^H3372^(H8799) not: behold, your God^H430 will come^H935^(H8799) with vengeance^H5359, even God^H430 with a recompence^H1576; he will come^H935^(H8799) and save^H3467^(H8686) you.

⁵ Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

KJVThen the eyes^H5869 of the blind^H5787 shall be opened^H6491^(H8735), and the ears^H241 of the deaf^H2795 shall be unstopped^H6605^(H8735).

⁶ Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

KJVThen shall the lame^H6455 man leap^H1801^(H8762) as an hart^H354, and the tongue^H3956 of the dumb^H483 sing^H7442^(H8799): for in the wilderness^H4057 shall waters^H4325 break out^H1234^(H8738), and streams^H5158 in the desert^H6160.

⁷ The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.

KJVAnd the parched ground^H8273 shall become a pool^H98, and the thirsty land^H6774 springs^H4002 of water^H4325: in the habitation^H5116 of dragons^H8577, where each lay^H7258, shall be grass^H2682 with reeds^H7070 and rushes^H1573.

⁸ A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.

KJVAnd an highway^H4547 shall be there, and a way^H1870, and it shall be called^H7121^(H8735) The way^H1870 of holiness^H6944; the unclean^H2931 shall not pass over^H5674^(H8799) it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men^H1980^(H8802), though fools^H191, shall not err^H8582^(H8799) therein.

⁹ No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.

KJVNo lion^H738 shall be there, nor any ravenous^H6530 beast^H2416 shall go up^H5927^(H8799) thereon, it shall not be found^H4672^(H8735) there; but the redeemed^H1350^(H8803) shall walk^H1980^(H8804) there:

¹⁰ Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

KJVAnd the ransomed^H6299^(H8803) of the LORD^H3068 shall return^H7725^(H8799), and come^H935^(H8804) to Zion^H6726 with songs^H7440 and everlasting^H5769 joy^H8057 upon their heads^H7218: they shall obtain^H5381^(H8686) joy^H8057 and gladness^H8342, and sorrow^H3015 and sighing^H585 shall flee away^H5127^(H8804).

WEB·Isaiah 34

¹Come near, you nations, to hear! Listen, you peoples. Let the earth and all it contains hear, the world, and everything that comes from it.

KJVCome near^H7126^(H8798), ye nations^H1471, to hear^H8085^(H8800); and hearken^H7181^(H8685), ye people^H3816: let the earth^H776 hear^H8085^(H8799), and all that is therein^H4393; the world^H8398, and all things that come forth^H6631 of it.

² For Yahweh is enraged against all the nations, and angry with all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them over for slaughter.

KJVFor the indignation^H7110 of the LORD^H3068 is upon all nations^H1471, and his fury^H2534 upon all their armies^H6635: he hath utterly destroyed^H2763^(H8689) them, he hath delivered^H5414^(H8804) them to the slaughter^H2874.

³ Their slain will also be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies will come up. The mountains will melt in their blood.

KJVTheir slain^H2491 also shall be cast out^H7993^(H8714), and their stink^H889 shall come up^H5927^(H8799) out of their carcases^H6297, and the mountains^H2022 shall be melted^H4549^(H8738) with their blood^H1818.

⁴ All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.

KJVAnd all the host^H6635 of heaven^H8064 shall be dissolved^H4743^(H8738), and the heavens^H8064 shall be rolled together^H1556^(H8738) as a scroll^H5612: and all their host^H6635 shall fall down^H5034^(H8799), as the leaf^H5929 falleth off^H5034^(H8800) from the vine^H1612, and as a falling^H5034^(H8802) fig from the fig tree^H8384.

⁵ For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.

KJVFor my sword^H2719 shall be bathed^H7301^(H8765) in heaven^H8064: behold, it shall come down^H3381^(H8799) upon Idumea^H123, and upon the people^H5971 of my curse^H2764, to judgment^H4941.

⁶ Yahweh’s sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

KJVThe sword^H2719 of the LORD^H3068 is filled^H4390^(H8804) with blood^H1818, it is made fat^H1878^(H8719) with fatness^H2459, and with the blood^H1818 of lambs^H3733 and goats^H6260, with the fat^H2459 of the kidneys^H3629 of rams^H352: for the LORD^H3068 hath a sacrifice^H2077 in Bozrah^H1224, and a great^H1419 slaughter^H2874 in the land^H776 of Idumea^H123.

⁷ The wild oxen will come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drunken with blood, and their dust made greasy with fat.

KJVAnd the unicorns^H7214 shall come down^H3381^(H8804) with them, and the bullocks^H6499 with the bulls^H47; and their land^H776 shall be soaked^H7301^(H8765) with blood^H1818, and their dust^H6083 made fat^H1878^(H8792) with fatness^H2459.

⁸ For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

KJVFor it is the day^H3117 of the LORD'S^H3068 vengeance^H5359, and the year^H8141 of recompences^H7966 for the controversy^H7379 of Zion^H6726.

⁹ Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, and its land will become burning pitch.

KJVAnd the streams^H5158 thereof shall be turned^H2015^(H8738) into pitch^H2203, and the dust^H6083 thereof into brimstone^H1614, and the land^H776 thereof shall become burning^H1197^(H8802) pitch^H2203.

¹⁰ It won’t be quenched night or day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever.

KJVIt shall not be quenched^H3518^(H8799) night^H3915 nor day^H3119; the smoke^H6227 thereof shall go up^H5927^(H8799) for ever^H5769: from generation^H1755 to generation^H1755 it shall lie waste^H2717^(H8799); none shall pass through^H5674^(H8802) it for ever^H5331 and ever^H5331.

¹¹ But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.

KJVBut the cormorant^H6893 and the bittern^H7090 shall possess^H3423^(H8804) it; the owl^H3244 also and the raven^H6158 shall dwell^H7931^(H8799) in it: and he shall stretch out^H5186^(H8804) upon it the line^H6957 of confusion^H8414, and the stones^H68 of emptiness^H922.

¹² They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

KJVThey shall call^H7121^(H8799) the nobles^H2715 thereof to the kingdom^H4410, but none shall be there, and all her princes^H8269 shall be nothing^H657.

¹³ Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.

KJVAnd thorns^H5518 shall come up^H5927^(H8804) in her palaces^H759, nettles^H7057 and brambles^H2336 in the fortresses^H4013 thereof: and it shall be an habitation^H5116 of dragons^H8577, and a court^H2681 for owls^H1323^H3284.

¹⁴ The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. Yes, the night creature shall settle there, and shall find herself a place of rest.

KJVThe wild beasts of the desert^H6728 shall also meet^H6298^(H8804) with the wild beasts of the island^H338, and the satyr^H8163 shall cry^H7121^(H8799) to his fellow^H7453; the screech owl^H3917 also shall rest^H7280^(H8689) there, and find^H4672^(H8804) for herself a place of rest^H4494.

¹⁵ The arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade. Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate.

KJVThere shall the great owl^H7091 make her nest^H7077^(H8765), and lay^H4422^(H8762), and hatch^H1234^(H8804), and gather^H1716^(H8804) under her shadow^H6738: there shall the vultures^H1772 also be gathered^H6908^(H8738), every one^H802 with her mate^H7468.

¹⁶ Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

KJVSeek ye out^H1875^(H8798) of the book^H5612 of the LORD^H3068, and read^H7121^(H8798): no one^H259 of these^H2007 shall fail^H5737^(H8738), none^H802 shall want^H6485^(H8804) her mate^H7468: for my mouth^H6310 it hath commanded^H6680^(H8765), and his spirit^H7307 it hath gathered^H6908^(H8765) them.

¹⁷ He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

KJVAnd he hath cast^H5307^(H8689) the lot^H1486 for them, and his hand^H3027 hath divided^H2505^(H8765) it unto them by line^H6957: they shall possess^H3423^(H8799) it for^H5704 ever^H5769, from generation^H1755 to generation^H1755 shall they dwell^H7931^(H8799) therein.

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