Isaiah 34:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Isaiah 34:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And all the host of heaven - On the word ‘host’ ( צבא tsâbâ' ), see the note at Isaiah 1:9 . The heavenly bodies often represent kings and princes (compare the note at Isaiah 24:21 ). Sh...
Isaiah 34:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And all the host of heaven (c) 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]...
Isaiah 34:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

All nations are summoned to hear their doom. Yahweh is infuriated against them, He has pronounced the ban (pp. 99, 114, Deuteronomy 2:34 *, Joshua 6:17 *) upon them. The foul odour of their expos...
Isaiah 34:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. And all the armies of heaven shall fade away. Isaiah employs an exaggerated style, as other prophets are accustomed to do, in order to represent vividly the dreadful nature of the judgmen...
Isaiah 34:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 34:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations— For the wrath of JEHOVAH is kindled against all the nations; and his anger against all the orders thereof; he hath devoted them; he hath give...
Isaiah 34:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 fi...
Isaiah 34:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved... — No prophetic picture of a “day of the Lord” was complete without this symbolism (see Isaiah 13:10-11 ), probably written about this period. Like...
Isaiah 34:4 - 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 34:4 - 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 34:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The manner in which the Lord, by his servant the Prophet, opens this chapter, is very striking, and not unsimilar to other places on the same subject. When the Lord speaks, well may man hear; Ezekie...
Isaiah 34:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the hosts of heaven shall be dissolved ,.... "Pine away" i, as with sickness, grow languid, become obscure, lose their light, and be turned into blood and darkness; this figure is used to ex...
Isaiah 34:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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]...
Isaiah 34:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And all the host of heaven The sun, moon, and stars; shall be dissolved We have frequently had occasion to observe, that, in the prophetic language, the heavenly luminaries represent kings, empir...
Isaiah 34:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against God's Enemies. B. C. 720. 1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hea...
Isaiah 34:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All the host of heaven; the sun, and moon, and stars. which frequently come under this name in Scripture, as Deuteronomy 4:19 , Deuteronomy 17:3 , and elsewhere. Shall be dissolved; shall see...
Isaiah 34:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And all the host of heaven will be dissolved, And the heavens will be rolled together as a scroll, And all their host will fade away, As the leaf fades from the vine, And as a fading leaf from t...
Isaiah 34:4 - 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 34:4 - 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 34:4 - 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 34:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judgments upon Idumea. Isaiah is rightly called the evangelist of the Old Testament. Throughout his book of prophecies he refers to conditions as they would obtain in the time of the Messiah. In C...
Isaiah 34:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:7-12 ; Acts 2:19 ; Acts 2:20 ; Ezekiel 32:7 ; Ezekiel 32:8 ; Isaiah 13:10 ; Isaiah 14:12 ; Jeremiah 4:23 ; Jeremiah 4:24 ; Joel 2:30 ; Joel 2:31 ; Joel 3:15 ; Mark 13:24 ; Mar...
Isaiah 34:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dissolved — The sun, moon, and stars. So great shall be the confusion and consternation of mankind, as if all the frame of the creation were broken into pieces. It is usual for prophetic writers, b...

Isaiah 34:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 34:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 34:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 34:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 34:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 34:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 34:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 34:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 34:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes