Isaiah 34:1-17 ESV

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 34:12

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.None — They shall not find any willing to undertake the government.Nothing — Shall have no courage or strength left in them. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 34:16

Seek 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.Seek — When this judgment is executed, if you pursue this prophecy, you will find, that all things exactly come to pass, as I have told you.His — My spirit, (such sudden changes of persons being frequent here) hath brought all these creatures together, as he formerly brought the creatures to Adam, and to Noah, by an instinct... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 34:17

And 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.Divided — He hath divided the land to them, as it were by lot and line, as Canaan was divided among the Israelites. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:1-3

1-3. Come near, ye nations All mankind is summoned, including all creation in the high poetic ideal, to witness the final fate of all Jehovah’s foes. The deliverance is apocalyptic, and the usual imagery in such compositions (see Ezekiel 39:11) is employed. God’s foes are doomed to an utter curse, their corpses are cast out unburied, and are washed away ( melted) as with a descending torrent. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:4

4. The language here relates to the last things in the wicked human world. It is not symbolic, for symbol relates to an idea; it is not typical, for type relates to an antitype in persons or things; it is simply poetical, intended to indicate terrific revolution; sudden, total, appalling change. In the same way is the reference 2 Peter 3:10-12, to be understood. Also, Revelation 6:14. The dissolving of the stars of heaven may come from the idea of their burning out like a lamp wick, and... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:5-7

5-7. For my sword Poetical instrument of vengeance, and its use an ethical necessity against conscious wrong doers. Be bathed Or, made drunk, (Septuagint and Vulgate;) a figure from Deuteronomy 32:42, and kept up in Revelation, from wine of the wrath of God. In heaven The seat of the divine plans upon Idumaea, or Edom, representatively, used for all peoples and nations warring against Jehovah’s cause. Nothing can expiate their crimes of incorrigible rebellion but their sacrifice. As... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:8-10

8-10. Day of the Lord’s vengeance Sure as the pillars of God’s throne stand, divine judgment must overtake wrong and wrongdoers, and Zion, or the Church of God, must be vindicated and defended. The ideal of most terrific punishment is found in the terms brimstone and burning pitch; in the unquenchable fire; in the smoke forever ascending, and in the desert gloom and the impassable waste, that befall the land thus visited. These terms, used as mere figures here, are expanded into symbols... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:11-12

11, 12. The picture of a solitary, foul, and marshy land, and of disgusting animals and birds, taking complete possession thereof, is a favourite one with Isaiah, (see Isaiah 13:20-22; Isaiah 14:23,) and others copy him. See Zephaniah 2:14. The cormorant is possibly the pelican, though it be a sea fowl; the bittern is, in the opinion of most, the crane, or heron, though some read hedgehog. And this is the condition of the punished Edom. The line of confusion And he, or one,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:13

13. The natural consequence of Edom’s depopulation follows. In her palaces, and over all her ruined walls of fortresses, there grow up thorns, nettles, and brambles. Thither also the wild beasts of the desert congregate. Wolves, or wild dogs, (not dragons,) have their homes there, and the court, or grassy plots among the ruins, are resorted to by ostriches, (not owls.) read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:14

14. The desert animals, ( ziim,) hyenas, for example, (TRISTRAM’S Natural History,) there come in contact with the howlers, ( ijim,) jackals, called an island creature from its dwelling near the coast, and all inhabited, fertile spots. The satyr Shaggy, fabulous animals, supposed to inhabit desert thickets, and hence called wood devils objected to by Alexander only because fabulous, but without reason here, for Isaiah employs the term poetically, basing his use of it upon... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 34:12

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 34:16

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 34:17

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:1-3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:4

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:5-7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:8-10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:11-12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:13

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 34:14

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