Isaiah 34:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. ”

Isaiah 34:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven - A sword is an instrument of vengeance, and is often so used in the Scriptures, because it was often employed in capital punishments (see the note at Isai...
Isaiah 34:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For my sword shall be (d) bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of (e) my curse, to judgment. (d) I have determined in my secret counsel and in the heavens to d...
Isaiah 34:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

In preparation for the slaughter of earth Yahweh's sword has drunk its fill of wrath in heaven. Now, charged and sharpened with its fury, it descends to execute the ban upon Edom ( mg.). His sword r...
Isaiah 34:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

of My curse: i.e.. have devoted.
Isaiah 34:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. For my sword is made drunken in the heavens. He says that the “sword” of the Lord is bloody, as extensive slaughter makes the “swords” wet with gore; and, in order to give greater weight...
Isaiah 34:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven "For my sword is made bare in the...
Isaiah 34:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven— The meaning of this period is, that on a certain day of judgment, which is elsewhere called the great day of the Lord's vengeance, a mighty slaughter shall...
Isaiah 34:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. My sword - ( Jeremiah 46:10 .) Or else, knife for sacrifice; beca...
Isaiah 34:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. Cp. 1 Isaiah 3:10 .
Isaiah 34:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My sword shall be bathed in heaven... — Literally, hath drunk to the full. The words find an echo in Deuteronomy 32:41-42 , and Jeremiah 46:10 . There, however, the sword is soaked, or made dru...
Isaiah 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the several particulars in these verses, which mean one and the same thing, of God's judgments, differently set forth, to call the Reader's attention to that striking one folded up in the...
Isaiah 34:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SWORD BATBED IN HEAVEN ‘For My sword shall be bathed in heaven.’ Isaiah 34:5 I. All good struggle in the world is really God’s battle, and ought to recognise itself as such. —Every spec...
Isaiah 34:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven ,.... That is, the sword of the Lord, as it is called in the next verse Isaiah 34:6 , and it is he that is speaking; it designs the vengeance of the Lord, the...
Isaiah 34:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. Ver. 5. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven. ] Heb., Drunk, or dren...
Isaiah 34:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For my sword shall be bathed In the blood of these people; in heaven Where God dwells; in which this is said to be done, because it was there decreed and appointed. Or, it shall, as it were, be s...
Isaiah 34:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against God's Enemies. B. C. 720. 1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hea...
Isaiah 34:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall be bathed in the blood of these people; Heb. is or shall be made drunk. In heaven ; either, 1. In my church, which is called heaven , Daniel 8:10 Revelation 4:1 , Revelation 12:1 ,...
Isaiah 34:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For my sword has drunk its fill in heaven. Behold it will come down on Edom, And on the people of my curse, to judgment. The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, Wi...
Isaiah 34:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Idumea See; ( Isaiah 34:1-8 ); ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 36:1 ).
Isaiah 34:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 34:5 The text draws back the curtain which separates the visible world from the invisible. It reveals celestial regions, in which there are also great struggles going on. It lifts up our ey...
Isaiah 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For My sword shall be bathed in heaven, intoxicated, as it were, as it prepares to execute His punishment; behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, as in a drunken frenzy, and upon the people of My...
Isaiah 34:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:22 ; 2 Peter 2:14 ; Amos 1:11 ; Amos 1:12 ; Deuteronomy 27:15-26 ; Deuteronomy 29:18-21 ; Deuteronomy 32:14 ; Deuteronomy 32:42 ; Ezekiel 21:3-5 ; Ezekiel 21:9-11 ; Ezekie...
Isaiah 34:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bathed — In the blood of these people. Heaven — Where God dwells; in which this is said to be done, because it was there decreed and appointed. Idumea — Upon the Edomites, who, tho' they were nearl...

Isaiah 34:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 34:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 34:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 34:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 34:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 34:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 34:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Isaiah 34:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 34:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 34:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 34:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 34:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 34:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes