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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:3

Isa 34:3 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. Ver. 3. Their slain also shall be cast out. ] Buried with the burial of an ass, Jer 22:19 which Cicero somewhere calleth sepulturam insepultam and unburied grave. This may also befall such as for God’s sake are slain all the day long; but to them it is no such judgment: Coelo tegitur qui caret urna. And their stink shall come up out of their... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:4

Isa 34:4 And 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. Ver. 4. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved. ] Inusitati supplicii atrocitas sic designatur. So great shall be the slaughter of the nations, that the heavenly bodies shall seem to be sensible of it, and amazed at it, and the whole heaven to be rolled together... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:5

Isa 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. Ver. 5. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven. ] Heb., Drunk, or drenched - i.e., In coelo decretum est ut inebrietur; whencesoever the sword comes, it is bathed in heaven, hath its commission from God (Jeremiah 47:6-7 ; see Jer 46:9 ), and as a drunken man reeleth to and fro, so the sword, when once in commission, roveth up and down, and rideth circuit... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:6

Isa 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. Ver. 6. The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, &c. ] That is, It maketh clean work, as the blood and fat were in sacrifices consumed, Lev 1:16-17 and this execution was no less pleasing to God than some solemn sacrifice. For the Lord hath a... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:7

Isa 34:7 And 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. Ver. 7. And the unicorns shall come down. ] Monocerotes, qui interimi possunt, capi non possunt, creatures of untameahle fierceness; or rhinoceros, as the margin hath it - he meaneth the great ones. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:8

Isa 34:8 For [it is] the day of the LORD’S vengeance, [and] the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. Ver. 8. For the controversy of Zion, ] i.e., Of the Church, both Jewish and Christian, saith Piscator. compare Rev 18:2 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:9

Isa 34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. Ver. 9. And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch. ] Like the lake of Sodom, which is near to Idumea, and whereof Josephus a writes, that an ox, having all his legs bound, will not sink into it, the water is so thick and pitchy. Strabo, though a stranger to this prophecy, attesteth the accomplishment of it. Lyra saith that in some part of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:10

Isa 34:10 It 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. Ver. 10. It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke of it shall go up for ever. ] See Revelation 14:11 ; Revelation 18:18 ; Revelation 19:3 . And observe how John the divine picks out the choicest passages of the Old Testament, and polishes therewith his Revelation. None shall pass through it for ever,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:11

Isa 34:11 But 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. Ver. 11. The cormorant and the bittern shall possess it. ] God cannot satisfy himself in saying what he will do to the Edomites, because they had dealt by revenge, and had taken vengeance with a despiteful heart to destroy the Church, for the old satanical hatred. as Eze 25:15 He will turn in those ... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 34:12

Isa 34:12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing. Ver. 12. They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom. ] The Venetians have magistrates called pregadi; because at first men were prayed to take the office, and to help to govern the State: but here were none left for such a purpose. read more

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