Isaiah 34
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
2For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
3Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
6The 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.
7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
8For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
10It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
11But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
12They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
14The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
16Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- עַלʻalH59217× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- כֹּלkôlH36056× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- דּוֹרdôwrH17554× in this chapter
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- דָּםdâmH18184× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7764× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁםshâmH80334× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הָיָהhâyâhH19613× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- חֶלֶבchelebH24593× in this chapter
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- נָבֵלnâbêlH50343× in this chapter
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59273× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- צָבָאtsâbâʼH66353× in this chapter
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
- קָרָאqârâʼH71213× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimH80643× in this chapter
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
- אֱדֹםʼĔdômH1232× in this chapter
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
- גּוֹיgôwyH14712× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- דָּשֵׁןdâshênH18782× in this chapter
to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
- זֶפֶתzephethH22032× in this chapter
asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)
- חֶרֶבcherebH27192× in this chapter
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
- טֶבַחṭebachH28742× in this chapter
properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)
- יָרַדyâradH33812× in this chapter
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
- יָרַשׁyârashH34232× in this chapter
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- אַךְʼakH3892× in this chapter
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
- נֶצַחnetsachH53312× in this chapter
properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)
- סֵפֶרçêpherH56122× in this chapter
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57692× in this chapter
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- עִםʻimH59732× in this chapter
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- עָפָרʻâphârH60832× in this chapter
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
- קָבַץqâbatsH69082× in this chapter
to grasp, i.e. collect
- קַוqavH69572× in this chapter
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
- רָוָהrâvâhH73012× in this chapter
to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)
- רְעוּתrᵉʻûwthH74682× in this chapter
a female associate; generally an additional one
- שָׁכַןshâkanH79312× in this chapter
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8022× in this chapter
a woman
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80852× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- בָּעַרbâʻarH11971× in this chapter
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish