Isaiah 34:6

The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sword	חֶ֣רֶב Che.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָ֞ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
filled	מָלְאָ֥ה mal.'Ah	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
blood	דָם֙ dam	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fat	הֻדַּ֣שְׁנָה hu.Dash.nah	H1878	to be fat · verb, perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
fatness	מֵחֵ֔לֶב me.Che.lev	H2459	fat · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
blood	מִדַּ֤ם mi.Dam	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
lambs	כָּרִים֙ ka.Rim	H3733	a ram (as full-grown and fat) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
goats	וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים ve.'a.tu.Dim	H6260	prepared · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
fat	מֵחֵ֖לֶב me.Che.lev	H2459	fat · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
kidneys	כִּלְי֣וֹת kil.Yot	H3629	a kidney (as an essential organ) · noun, common feminine plural construct
rams	אֵילִ֑ים 'ei.Lim	H352	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
LORD	לַֽיהוָה֙ la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
sacrifice	זֶ֤בַח Ze.vach	H2077	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Bozrah	בְּבָצְרָ֔ה be.va.tze.Rah	H1224	Botsrah · preposition + proper noun, a place name
great	גָּד֖וֹל ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
slaughter	וְטֶ֥בַח ve.Te.vach	H2874	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
land	בְּאֶ֥רֶץ be.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Idumea	אֱדֽוֹם 'e.Dom	H123	Edom · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Isaiah 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his…
Jeremiah 49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities ther…
Deuteronomy 32:14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou…
Isaiah 34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Isaiah 63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fu…
Jeremiah 50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Jeremiah 51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
Ezekiel 21:4-5 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all fles…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 all concerned in it; it is with them that God has a quarrel; it is against them that God is coming forth in wrath. Let them all take notice that the great God is angry with them; his indignation is upon al…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 34:6

filled--glutted. The image of a sacrifice is continued. blood . . . fat--the parts especially devoted to God in a sacrifice (Sa2 1:22). lambs . . . goats--sacrificial animals: the Idumeans, of all classes, doomed to slaughter, are meant (Zep 1:7). Bozrah--called Bostra by the Romans, &c., assigned in Jer 48:24 to Moab, so that it seems to have been at one time in the dominion of Edom, and at another in that of Moab (Isa 63:1; Jer 49:13, Jer 49:20, Jer 49:22); it was strictly not in Edom, but the capital of Auranitis (the Houran). Edom seems to have extended its dominion so as to include it (compare Lam 4:21).

John Gill on 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 this may refer to Christian princes, the sword in the hand of the Lord, who shall be enriched with the plunder and spoil of the antichristian states: and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kid…

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Dictionary and topics

Bozrah — Enclosure; fortress. (1.) The city of Jobab, one of the early Edomite kings (Gen. 36:33). This place is mentioned by the prophets in later times (Isa. 34:6; Jer. 49:13; Amos 1:12; Micah 2:12). Its…
Edom — (1.) The name of Esau (q.v.), Gen. 25:30, “Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage [Heb. haadom, haadom, i.e., ‘the red pottage, the red pottage’] ...Therefore was his name called Edom”,…
Edom, Idumaea Or Idumea — (red). The name Edom was given to Esau, the first-born son of Isaac and twin brother of Jacob, when he sold his birthright to the latter for a meal of lentil pottage. The country which the Lord…
Idumaea — The Greek form of Edom (Isa. 34:5, 6; Ezek. 35:15; 36:5, but in R.V. “Edom”). (See EDOM).
Bozrah · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Edomites, The · Country of: Called Idumea — Country of: Called Idumea
Sacrifices · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
War · 28:25-68;32:30; — 28:25-68;32:30;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 34:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 34:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 34:6

John Gill on Isaiah 34:6

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 34:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 34:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 34:6

John Gill on Isaiah 34:6

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 34:6

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 34:5-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 34:6

Rashi on Isaiah 34:6