Isaiah 34:5

NETBible

He says, 1  “Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. 2  Look, it now descends on Edom, 3  on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”

NIV ©

My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; see, it descends in judgment on Edom, the people I have totally destroyed.

NASB ©

For My sword is satiated in heaven, Behold it shall descend for judgment upon Edom And upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction.

NLT ©

And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens, then watch. It will fall upon Edom, the nation I have completely destroyed.

MSG ©

"Once I've finished with earth and sky, I'll start in on Edom. I'll come down hard on Edom, a people I've slated for total termination."

BBE ©

For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.

NRSV ©

When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, lo, it will descend upon Edom, upon the people I have doomed to judgment.

NKJV ©

"For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment.

KJV
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NASB ©
For My sword
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is satiated
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in heaven
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, Behold
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it shall descend
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for judgment
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upon Edom
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And upon the people
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whom I have devoted
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to destruction
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NET [draft] ITL
He says, “Indeed
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on
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the people
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I will annihilate
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in judgment
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HEBREW
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NETBible

He says, 1  “Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. 2  Look, it now descends on Edom, 3  on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”

NET Notes

1 tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Lord speaks at this point.

2 tn Heb “indeed [or “for”] my sword is drenched in the heavens.” The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa has תראה (“[my sword] appeared [in the heavens]”), but this is apparently an attempt to make sense out of a difficult metaphor. Cf. NIV “My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens.”

2 sn In v. 4 the “host of the heaven” refers to the heavenly luminaries (stars and planets, see, among others, Deut 4:19; 17:3; 2 Kgs 17:16; 21:3, 5; 23:4-5; 2 Chr 33:3, 5) that populate the divine/heavenly assembly in mythological and prescientific Israelite thought (see Job 38:7; Isa 14:13). As in 24:21, they are viewed here as opposing God and being defeated in battle.

3 sn Edom is mentioned here as epitomizing the hostile nations that oppose God.