Isaiah:34

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* Come near , ye (note :)He prophecies of the destruction of the Edomites and other nations which were enemies to the Church .(:note ) nations , to hear ; and hearken , ye people : let the earth hear , and all that is in it ; the world , and all things that spring from it . * For the indignation of the LORD [is ] upon all nations , and [his ] fury upon all their armies : he hath utterly (note :)God has determined in his counsel and has given sentence for their destruction .(:note ) destroyed them , he hath delivered them to the slaughter . * And their slaine shalbe cast out , and their stincke shall come vp out of their bodies , and the mountaines shalbe melted with their blood . * And all the host of heaven (note :)He speaks this in respect to man 's judgment , who in great fear and horrible troubles , think that heaven and earth perishes .(:note ) shall be dissolved , and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll : and all their hosts shall fall down , as the leaf falleth from the vine , and as a falling [fig ] from the fig tree . * For my sword shall be (note :)I have determined in my secret counsel and in the heavens to destroy them till my sword is weary with shedding blood .(:note ) bathed in heaven : behold , it shall come down upon Edom , and upon the people of They had an opinion of holiness , because they came from the patriarch Isaac , but in effect were cursed by God , and enemies to his Church as the papists are . my curse , to judgment . * The sword of the LORD is filled with blood , it is made fat with fatness , [and ] with the blood of (note :)That is , both of young and old , poor and rich of his enemies .(:note ) lambs and goats , with the fat of the kidneys of rams : for the LORD hath a sacrifice in That famous city will be consumed as a sacrifice burnt to ashes . Bozrah , and a great slaughter in the land of Edom . * And the (note :)The mighty and rich will be as well destroyed as the inferiors .(:note ) unicorns shall come down with them , and the bulls with the bulls ; and their land shall be soaked with blood , and their dust made fat with fatness . * For it is the day of the Lordes vengeance , and the yeere of recompence for the iudgement of Zion . * And its streams shall be turned into pitch , and its dust into (note :)He alludes to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah , ( Gen_19:24 ).(:note ) brimstone , and its land shall become burning pitch . * It shal not be quenched night nor day : the smoke thereof shall goe vp euermore : it shall be desolate from generation to generation : none shall passe through it for euer . * But the cormorant (note :)Read ( Isa_13:21 ; Zep_2:14 ).(:note ) 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 In vain will any man go about to build it again . confusion , and the stones of emptiness . * * And it shall bring foorth thornes in the palaces thereof , nettles and thistles in the strong holdes thereof , and it shall be an habitation for dragons , and a court for ostriches . * The wild beasts of the desert shall also (note :)Read ( Isa_13:21 ).(:note ) meet with the wild beasts of the isle , and the satyr shall cry to his fellow ; the screech owl also shall rest there , and find for herself a place of rest . * There (note :)Signifying that Idumea would be a horrible desolation and barren wilderness .(:note ) 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 . * Seek ye out of the (note :)That is , in the law where such curses are threatened against the wicked .(:note ) book of the LORD , and read : no one of That is , beasts and souls . these shall fail , none shall lack her mate : for my That is , the mouth of the Lord . mouth it hath commanded , and his spirit it hath gathered them . * And he hath cast the (note :)He has given the beasts and souls Idumea for an inheritance .(:note ) lot for them , and his hand hath divided it to them by line : they shall possess it for ever , from generation to generation shall they dwell in it .

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