Isaiah 34:3 - Printer Friendly

ESV: Their slain shall be cast out, and the stench of their corpses shall rise; the mountains shall flow with their blood.

NIV: Their slain will be thrown out, their dead bodies will stink; the mountains will be soaked with their blood.

NASB: So their slain will be thrown out, And their corpses will give off their stench, And the mountains will be drenched with their blood.

CSB: Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.

NLT: Their dead will be left unburied, and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land. The mountains will flow with their blood.

KJV: Their 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.

NKJV: Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

Isaiah 34:1–4 begins with a call for "nations" to listen. These are the cultures and people groups who have utterly rejected the Lord. In the end times, God will bring brutal slaughter to His enemies in heaven and on earth. The carnage will create rivers of blood and piles of corpses. Even the heavens—possibly meaning demons or evil spirits—will be subjected to His righteous power.

The Lord is enraged against the godless nations who have rejected Him. In the end times, He will devoted all the unbelieving peoples of the earth to destruction and slaughter (Revelation 19:15–18). After judging heaven and earth, God will turn His wrath on Edom. They will be destroyed as thoroughly as if they were animals sacrificed on an altar. Even the land and soil will be ruined so no one dares even cross the territory. Only animals will live there. This is all part of the Lord's divine plan and purpose.

This is part of an announcement of the Lord's judgment against the pagan, godless nations of earth (Isaiah 33). This passage focuses specifically on Edom (Genesis 36:1). God's bloody sword of judgment will turn to Edom and utterly destroy it. Even the environment will be spoiled. None will even dare cross the territory, other than the various animals God will allow to reclaim the land., This matches descriptions of Christ's return and millennial rule (Revelation 19:15–18).

Isaiah is among the most important prophetic books in the entire Bible. The first segment details God's impending judgment against ancient peoples for sin and idolatry (Isaiah 1—35). The second part of Isaiah briefly explains a failed assault on Jerusalem during the rule of Hezekiah (Isaiah 36—39). The final chapters predict Israel's rescue from Babylonian captivity (Isaiah 40—48), the promised Messiah (Isaiah 49—57), and the final glory of Jerusalem and God's people (Isaiah 58—66).

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