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Isaiah 34:1 open_in_new
people. peoples.
world. the inhabited world. Hebrew. tebel.
all things, &c.. and all that is therein.
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Isaiah 34:2 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
utterly destroyed. devoted to destruction, or, placed under. Divine ban.
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Isaiah 34:3 open_in_new
mountains shall be melted with their blood. Figure of speech Hyperbole. So Isaiah 34:4 and Isaiah 34:5.
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Isaiah 34:5 open_in_new
of My curse: i.e.. have devoted.
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Isaiah 34:7 open_in_new
unicorns: or, rhinocerots. Hebrew. re'emin.
soaked. drunken. Figure of speech Hyperbole.
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Isaiah 34:8 open_in_new
of . for.
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Isaiah 34:11 open_in_new
confusion. See note on Isaiah 24:10.
confusion... emptiness. Hebrew. tohu... bohu. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:2), "without form and void". waste and desolate. Only there, here, and Jeremiah 4:23 beside. App-92.
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Isaiah 34:13 open_in_new
come up in. climb.
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Isaiah 34:14 open_in_new
screech owl. Hebrew. Lilith. Used to-day of any being of the night, as the English "bogy" is used. Charms are used against it to-day in Palestine.
a place, &c.. a roost.
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Isaiah 34:16 open_in_new
Seek. Search.
the book of the LORD. This proves there was. book in existence, which could be searched. See App-47.
fail. be missing. Hebrew. 'adar. Not the same word as in Isaiah 19:5 (see note there). Occurs here in "former" portion, and Isaiah 40:26 in "latter"portion. See App-79. Isaiah 35 is the sequel to this long series of Burdens (Isaiah 13:1 Isaiah 35:10) and Woes; it sets forth the future return of Israel.