Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch, her dust into burning sulfur; her land will become blazing pitch! New Living Translation The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire. English Standard Version And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into sulfur; her land shall become burning pitch. Berean Standard Bible Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. King James Bible And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. New King James Version Its streams shall be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone; Its land shall become burning pitch. New American Standard Bible Its streams will be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch. NASB 1995 Its streams will be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch. NASB 1977 And its streams shall be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land shall become burning pitch. Legacy Standard Bible And its streams will be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch. Amplified Bible The streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch. Christian Standard Bible Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch, her soil into sulfur; her land will become burning pitch. Holman Christian Standard Bible Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch, her soil into sulfur; her land will become burning pitch. American Standard Version And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. Contemporary English Version Edom's streams will turn into tar and its soil into sulfur--then the whole country will go up in flames. English Revised Version And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. GOD'S WORD® Translation Edom's streams will be turned to tar. Its soil will be turned to burning sulfur. Its land will become blazing tar. Good News Translation The rivers of Edom will turn into tar, and the soil will turn into sulfur. The whole country will burn like tar. International Standard Version Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch. Majority Standard Bible Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. NET Bible Edom's streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch. New Heart English Bible Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch. Webster's Bible Translation And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch. World English Bible Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, and its land will become burning pitch. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd her streams have been turned to pitch, "" And her dust to brimstone, "" And her land has become burning pitch. Young's Literal Translation And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch. Smith's Literal Translation And its torrents turned to pitch, and its dust to sulphur, and its land to burning pitch. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the ground thereof into brimstone: and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. Catholic Public Domain Version And its torrents will be turned into tar, and its soil into sulfur. And its land will become burning tar. New American Bible Edom’s streams shall be changed into pitch, its soil into sulfur, and its land shall become burning pitch; New Revised Standard Version And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into sulfur; her land shall become burning pitch. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd its streams shall be turned into pitch and its soil into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And its streams shall be turned to pitch, and its dust to brimstone, and its land shall be burning pitch OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, And the dust thereof into brimstone, And the land thereof shall become burning pitch. Brenton Septuagint Translation And her valleys shall be turned into pitch, and her land into sulphur; and her land shall be as pitch burning night and day; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Judgments on the Nations…8For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. 9Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. 10It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.… Cross References Revelation 14:10-11 he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. / And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” Revelation 18:18 and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. Revelation 19:3 And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.” Revelation 14:8 Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” Revelation 18:8-9 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” / Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. Jeremiah 49:18 As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. Jeremiah 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. Genesis 19:24-25 Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. / Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground. Revelation 9:2 The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit. Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. Revelation 14:19-20 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. / And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia. Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. Jeremiah 51:25-26 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain. / No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 38:22 I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. Treasury of Scripture And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. Genesis 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. Job 18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. Psalm 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. Jump to Previous Blazing Boiling Brimstone Burning Dust Earth Edom Fire Loose Oil Pitch Soil Stone Streams Sulfur Thereof Torrents TurnedJump to Next Blazing Boiling Brimstone Burning Dust Earth Edom Fire Loose Oil Pitch Soil Stone Streams Sulfur Thereof Torrents TurnedIsaiah 34 1. The judgments wherewith God revenges his church11. The desolation of her enemies 16. The certainty of the prophecy Her streams The Hebrew word for "streams" is "נַחֲלֵיהָ" (nachaleha), which often refers to flowing bodies of water such as rivers or brooks. In the context of Isaiah 34, these streams symbolize the life-giving and sustaining resources of a land. The transformation of these streams into tar signifies a complete reversal of their natural state, indicating divine judgment and desolation. This imagery serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God, as the life-giving waters are replaced with something unusable and destructive. will be turned to tar and her soil to sulfur her land will become a blazing pitch Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Her streamsנְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙ (nə·ḥā·le·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft will be turned וְנֶהֶפְכ֤וּ (wə·ne·hep̄·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert to tar, לְזֶ֔פֶת (lə·ze·p̄eṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2203: Asphalt and her soil וַעֲפָרָ֖הּ (wa·‘ă·p̄ā·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud to sulfur; לְגָפְרִ֑ית (lə·ḡā·p̄ə·rîṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1614: Cypress-resin, sulphur her land אַרְצָ֔הּ (’ar·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land will become וְהָיְתָ֣ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a blazing בֹּעֵרָֽה׃ (bō·‘ê·rāh) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish pitch. לְזֶ֖פֶת (lə·ze·p̄eṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2203: Asphalt Links Isaiah 34:9 NIVIsaiah 34:9 NLT Isaiah 34:9 ESV Isaiah 34:9 NASB Isaiah 34:9 KJV Isaiah 34:9 BibleApps.com Isaiah 34:9 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 34:9 Chinese Bible Isaiah 34:9 French Bible Isaiah 34:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 34:9 Its streams will be turned into pitch (Isa Isi Is) |
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