Verse 9

Isaiah 34:9

New Living Translation

9 The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/נֶהֶפְכ֤וּ נְחָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ לְ/זֶ֔פֶת וַ/עֲפָרָ֖/הּ לְ/גָפְרִ֑ית וְ/הָיְתָ֣ה אַרְצָ֔/הּ לְ/זֶ֖פֶת בֹּעֵרָֽה

English Translation

And the rivers of her will be turned to pitch, and her dust to sulfur, and her land will become burning pitch.

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Chapter 34 Context

1 Come here and listen, O nations of the earth. Let the world and everything in it hear my words.<b... Focus ↗

2 For the LORD is enraged against the nations. His fury is against all their armies. He will com... Focus ↗

3 Their dead will be left unburied, and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land. The mou... Focus ↗

4 The heavens above will melt away and disappear like a rolled-up scroll. The stars will fall fr... Focus ↗

5 And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens, it will fall upon Edom, the nation I h... Focus ↗

6 The sword of the LORD is drenched with blood and covered with fat — with the blood of lambs an... Focus ↗

7 Even men as strong as wild oxen will die — the young men alongside the veterans. The land will... Focus ↗

8 For it is the day of the LORD’s revenge, the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to I... Focus ↗

9 The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire.<...

10 This judgment on Edom will never end; the smoke of its burning will rise forever. The land wil... Focus ↗

11 It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl, the great owl and the raven. For God... Focus ↗

12 It will be called the Land of Nothing, and all its nobles will soon be gone. Focus ↗

13 Thorns will overrun its palaces; nettles and thistles will grow in its forts. The ruins will b... Focus ↗

14 Desert animals will mingle there with hyenas, their howls filling the night. Wild goats will b... Focus ↗

15 There the owl will make her nest and lay her eggs. She will hatch her young and cover them with h... Focus ↗

16 Search the book of the LORD, and see what he will do. Not one of these birds and animals will... Focus ↗

17 He has surveyed and divided the land and deeded it over to those creatures. They will possess... Focus ↗

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