Isaiah 34:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Isaiah 34:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he hath cast the lot for them - He hath assigned to them the land of Edom to be occupied by them as their portion. This language is taken from the fact that countries were commonly apportione...
Isaiah 34:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he hath cast the (s) 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. (s) He has given the beasts...
Isaiah 34:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Edom is near to the Dead Sea, and the country is volcanic, and these facts suggest this lurid picture of judgment. Edom's rivers will be turned to pitch, its dust to brimstone, the land shall be a sm...
Isaiah 34:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. And he hath cast the lot for them. He says that to those wild beasts and monsters there hath been granted a secure and permanent habitation, from which they cannot be easily banished or...
Isaiah 34:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Commentary on the Bible, by...
Isaiah 34:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Seek ye out of the book, &c.— This period contains the confirmation of the preceding sentence; wherein the prophet, to convict the hypocrites, and confirm the pious, assures them of the certain...
Isaiah 34:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. He hath cast the lot...
Isaiah 34:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. Cp. 1 Isaiah 3:10 .
Isaiah 34:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He hath cast the lot for them... — i.e., hath allotted, or assigned it as by a formal deed of transfer, to the savage beasts who are to be its future possessors. The thought is the same as that...
Isaiah 34:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Reaping the Whirlwind Isaiah 34:1-17 This chapter is one prolonged description of the judgments which were to befall the nations at the hand of Assyria and Babylon. The imagery employed is borr...
Isaiah 34:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This and the following chapter constitute the second part of the final circle of the prophecies of judgment. Terrible indeed is the description of world-wide desolation which this chapter presents. T...
Isaiah 34:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here the Lord seems to refer to the prediction, when the fulfillment arrives. As if the Lord had said, "Let such as behold the desolations here spoken of look back, and mark how I predicted them, and...
Isaiah 34:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he hath cast the lot for them ,.... The Targum adds, "by his word:'' and his hand hath divided it unto them by line ; the same adds, "by his will.'' The allusion is to the dividing of the l...
Isaiah 34:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 17. And he hath cast...
Isaiah 34:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord Here the prophet confirms the preceding prediction; and, “to convict hypocrites, and confirm the pious, assures them of the certain completion of his prophecy.”...
Isaiah 34:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against God's Enemies. B. C. 720. 9 And the streams thereof shall be turn...
Isaiah 34:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He hath divided the land to them, as it were, by lot and line, as Canaan was divided among the Israelites.
Isaiah 34:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The All-Embracing Nature of the Judgment and Its Permanence ( Isaiah 34:9-17 ). It is important to note that God's judgment on Edom will be all-embracing and permanent. Nothing will survive it. It...
Isaiah 34:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE CERTAINTY OF GOD’S JUDGMENTS Isaiah 34:16-17 . Seek ye out of the Book of the Lord, &c. The text occurs midway between a series of predicted judgments pronounced on Edom as the represent...
Isaiah 34:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:1 . Come near ye nations to hear for the indignation of the Lord is upon all the kingdoms of western Asia. Those nations are named in Jeremiah 25 . They comprise Jerusalem, Egypt, Tyre,...
Isaiah 34:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Come near, ye nations, to hear. --The subject is, as in chap. 13., the Lord’s judgment upon all the nations; and as chap 13. singled out Babylon for special doom, so chap. 34, singles out Edom....
Isaiah 34:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION 11. THE DIVINE JUDGMENT ON THE WORLD , AND THE GLORY OF THE CHURCH CONSEQUENT UPON IT ( Isaiah 34:1-23 ; Isaiah 35:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 34:1-23 a...
Isaiah 34:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Idumea as a Type of Hostility Against God
Isaiah 34:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:19 ; Acts 17:26 ; Isaiah 13:20-22 ; Isaiah 34:10 ; Joshua 18:8 ; Psalms 78:55
Isaiah 34:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Divided — He hath divided the land to them, as it were by lot and line, as Canaan was divided among the Israelites.

Isaiah 34:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 34:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 34:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 34:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 34:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 34:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 34:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 34:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 34:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 34:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes