Isaiah 34:17

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

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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 fro...
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 sh...
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 pi...
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 habitat...
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 shal...
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,...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. Cp. 1 Isaiah 3:10 .
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

God, who assigns to nations their territories ( Acts 17:26 ), has allotted Edom to the desert creatures for ever. Sentence on the Nations. Blessing...
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...
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...
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 wo...
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 spoke...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER! here is a very solemn chapter, full of awful threatenings: from beginning to end. And, as we read what is here said, may we not,...
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...
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 shal...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against God's Enemies. B. C. 720....
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-em...
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 predi...
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 J...
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...
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 ; Is...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Idumea as a Type of Hostility Against God
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And He, Jehovah, hath cast the lot for them, for all the wild beasts of the desert, and His hand hath divided it unto them by line, distributed i...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:19 ; Acts 17:26 ; Isaiah 13:20-22 ; Isaiah 34:10 ; Joshua 18:8 ; Psalms 78:55
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.

¹⁷ 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.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 34:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 34:17