Isaiah 34:9

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

The streams thereof ... - images from the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:24-28; so Deuteronomy 29:23; Jeremiah 49:17-18).

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 34:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the streams thereof - The idea here is, that there would be as great and awful a destruction as if the streams everywhere should become pitch...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into (i) brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch. (i) He alludes to the destruct...
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

9. And its streams shall be turned into pitch. What the Prophet now adds contains nothing new, but describes more fully this desolation. We...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the streams thereof, &c.— The prophet, whose copiousness of speaking is every where inexhausted, paints, in the most chosen figures, an ima...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

The streams thereof shall be turned into pitch... — The imagery of the punishment which is to fall on Edom is suggested partly by the scenery of th...
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

If we read these scriptures through the medium of the gospel, and drop the similitudes in the realities, we shall find an exact description of the hu...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch ,.... The Septuagint render it, "the valleys"; the word signifying both rivers and valleys, most...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. Ver. 9....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the streams thereof The rivers, which seem most secure from the judgment here threatened; shall be turned into pitch , &c. The country sha...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against God's Enemies. B. C. 720....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The streams, which seem most secure from this danger, and much more the land. Idumea shall be dealt with as Sodom and Gomorrah were, even utterly d...
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...
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 the streams thereof, of Idumea, shall be turned into pitch, in agreement with the volcanic and sulphurous character of the country near the Dea...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:23 ; Genesis 19:28 ; Job 18:15 ; Jude 1:7 ; Luke 17:29 ; Psalms 11:6 ; Revelation 19:20 ; Revelation 21:8
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The land — Idumea shall be dealt with, as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

⁹ And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 34:9

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

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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 34:9