Compiled by WD Kemner January 2024
CHAPTER 34
Punishment for Idumea
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Isaiah Chapter 34 verse 1-2 |
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Come 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. For 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.
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“indignation” = anger
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Isaiah Chapter 34 verse 3-4 |
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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.
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.
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Scrolls = were rolled on two poles, one for each end.
Hosts = stars, celestial bodies such as meteors.
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Isaiah Chapter 34 verse 5-7 |
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For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
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.
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.
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“unicorns” = generally used in scripture for a strong wild animal such as a bull, buffalo or rhino.
Bozrah and Idumea = see the word study on Selah which contains more information.
This area is geographically a portion of Edom at times in history. This is the area that King Herod was from. Edom itself is mentioned elsewhere in the book of Isaiah relative to its role during the End Times as a place of refuge for the Jews.
Idumea may be used as a “staging point” for troops of the Anti-christ in his conquering of the area and as preparations for the battle with God at Megiddo.
Chapter 63:1-6 describes Christ coming from here to Jerusalem with blood-stained clothing.
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Isaiah Chapter 34 verse 8-10 |
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For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 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.
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“…day of the LORD’S vengeance…” - the Day of the Second Coming.
The punishment on Idumea will be carried out during the cleansing of the Earth at Christ’s return.
“…from generation to generation…” – this is occurring at the End of Time. It however states that this land WILL remain desolate for generations to come. Yet another verse to indicate man will still be on this earth for Millennia.
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Isaiah Chapter 34 verse 11-15 |
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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.
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
And 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. The 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. There 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.
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The land of Idumea will be left totally desolate.
“They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.”
This verse (12) is unique, it is promising the land of Idumea that it will NEVER again have nobles/princes. Add verse 17 below and this fits the promise of the Abrahamic Covenant giving Israel all the land that was promised to Abraham.
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Isaiah Chapter 34 verse 16-17 |
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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.
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.
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“…the book of the Lord…” – thousands of details within its pages have taken place as foretold. If man would only read it and be prepared.
“…none shall want her mate…” = vultures of previous verse 15.