Isaiah 34
1 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.
2 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8 For it is the
day of the
LORD'S vengeance, and the
year of
recompences for the
controversy of
Zion. 9 And the
streams thereof shall be
turned into
pitch, and the
dust thereof into
brimstone, and the
land thereof shall become
burning pitch. 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. 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. 12 They shall
call the
nobles thereof to the
kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her
princes shall be
nothing. 13 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.
14 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. 15 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. 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.
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.