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 given them up to slaughter; and their slain shall be cast out; and from their carcases their stink shall ascend; and the mountains shall melt down with their blood. Lowth. This sentence upon the nations is sufficient to strike terror into every hearer. It exhibits a kind of general judgment, to be executed upon the enemies of the kingdom of God by the sword of God; that is to say, by the princes and heroes to be raised up by God for the destruction of the enemies of his church: this is repeated, Isaiah 34:5. But further the prophet sets before our eyes a horrid tempest, raging furiously; whereby the heavens contract blackness, the sun disappears, the stars seem to fall to the earth, as if the whole body of the heavens was about to be utterly dissolved. We have had occasion frequently to observe, that in the prophetic language the heavenly luminaries represent kings and empires. It is not improbable, that the prophet here refers to that destruction of the Jewish state and polity, which our Saviour foretold under the same figures. See Vitringa.
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Isaiah 34:2-4
2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 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.