Read Isaiah chapter 34 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. In this chapter: The Nations Will Be Judged, Trouble for Edom, The End of Edom.
The Nations Will Be Judged
1 Everyone of every nation,
the entire earth,
and all its creatures,
come here and listen!
2 The Lord is terribly angry
with the nations;
he has condemned them
to be slaughtered.
3 Their dead bodies will be left
to rot and stink;
their blood will flow
down the mountains.
4 Each star will disappear—
the sky will roll up
like a scroll.
Everything in the sky
will dry up and wilt
like leaves on a vine
or fruit on a tree.
Trouble for Edom
5 After the sword of the Lord
has done what it wants
to the skies above,
it will come down on Edom,
the nation that the Lord
has doomed for destruction.
6 The sword of the Lord
is covered with blood
from lambs and goats,
together with fat
from kidneys of rams.
This is because the Lord
will slaughter many people
and make a sacrifice of them
in the city of Bozrah
and everywhere else
in Edom.
7 Edom's leaders are wild oxen.
They are powerful bulls,
but they will die
with the others.
Their country will be soaked
with their own blood,
and its soil made fertile
with their own fat.
8 The Lord has chosen
the year and the day,
when he will take revenge
and come to Zion's defense.
9 Edom's streams will turn into tar
and its soil into sulfur—
then the whole country
will go up in flames.
10 It will burn night and day
and never stop smoking.
Edom will be a desert,
generation after generation;
no one will ever travel
through that land.
11 Owls, hawks, and wild animals
will make it their home.
God will leave it in ruins,
merely a pile of rocks.
The End of Edom
12 Edom will be called
“Kingdom of Nothing.”
Its rulers will also be nothing.
13 Its palaces and fortresses
will be covered with thorns;
only wolves and ostriches
will make their home there.
14 Wildcats and hyenas
will hunt together,
demons will scream to demons,
and creatures of the night
will live among the ruins.
15 Owls will nest there
to raise their young
among its shadows,
while families of vultures
circle around.
16 In The Book of the Lord
you can search and find
where it is written,
“The Lord brought together
all of his creatures
by the power of his Spirit.
Not one is missing.”
17 The Lord has decided
where they each should live;
they will be there forever,
generation after generation.
Chapter themes
Les nations convoquées — Approchez-vous, nations, pour bien entendre!
Que la terre écoute — Que la terre écoute
Tout ce qu'elle contient — avec tout ce qu'elle contient
La colère contre les nations — la colère de l'Eternel s'abat sur toutes les nations
Sa fureur sur leur armée — sa fureur sur toute leur armée
Les victimes jetées — Leurs victimes sont jetées, leurs cadavres exhalent la puanteur
Les montagnes ruissellent — et les montagnes ruissellent de leur sang
L'épée de l'Éternel — mon épée
Le jugement d'Édom — La voici qui descend pour frapper Edom
Un peuple maudit — ce peuple que… j'ai voué à la destruction définitive
Rassasiée de sang — mon épée s'est enivrée
La graisse des victimes — s'est enivrée dans le ciel
Le sacrifice de l'Éternel — pour respecter le droit
Une épée ensanglantée — L'épée de l'Eternel est pleine de sang
Recouverte de graisse — recouverte de graisse, de la graisse des rognons des béliers
Le repas sacrificiel — c'est un repas sacrificiel pour l'Eternel qui se déroule à Botsra
Les buffles tombent — Les buffles tombent avec eux
Bœufs et taureaux — et les bœufs avec les taureaux
Un feu inextinguible — qui ne s'éteindra ni la nuit ni le jour
Une fumée éternelle — Sa fumée s'élèvera éternellement
Un désert pour toujours — De génération en génération il restera désert
Les bêtes du désert — Le pélican et le hérisson en prendront possession
Le ruban du vide — On y étendra le ruban à mesurer du vide
Plus de roi proclamé — Ses notables n'y proclameront plus de roi
Les princes disparus — tous ses princes auront disparu
Notes and references
34.4 Mt 24.29; Mk 13.25; Lk 21.26; Rev 6.13,14.
star: Stars were worshiped as gods.
scroll: A roll of paper or specially prepared leather used for writing on.
34.5-17 Is 63.1-6; Jr 49.7-22; Ez 25.12-14; 35.1-15; Am 1.11,12; Ob 1-14; Ml 1.2-5.
has done … above: The Standard Hebrew Text; the Dead Sea Scrolls “appears in the skies above.”
34.10 Rev 14.11; 19.3.
Owls … animals: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Owls … shadows: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
The Book of the Lord: The book that Isaiah refers to is unknown.