Isaiah 34:6

34:6 The Lord’s sword is dripping with blood,

it is covered with fat;

it drips with the blood of young rams and goats

and is covered with the fat of rams’ kidneys.

For the Lord is holding a sacrifice in Bozrah,

a bloody slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 38:3

38:3 “Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. 10 


tn The verb is a rare Hotpaal passive form. See GKC 150 §54.h.

tn The words “it drips” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn The words “and is covered” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “for there is a sacrifice to the Lord.”

sn The Lord’s judgment of Edom is compared to a bloody sacrificial scene.

tn Heb “great” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

tn Heb “walked before you.” For a helpful discussion of the background and meaning of this Hebrew idiom, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 254.

tn Heb “and with a complete heart”; KJV, ASV “with a perfect heart.”

tn Heb “and that which is good in your eyes I have done.”

10 tn Heb “wept with great weeping”; NCV “cried loudly”; TEV “began to cry bitterly.”