Isaiah 57:7

57:7 On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed;

you go up there to offer sacrifices.

Isaiah 19:21

19:21 The Lord will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they will acknowledge the Lord’s authority at that time. They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and fulfill them.

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.


tn Heb “Egypt.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, the present translation uses the pronoun (“they”) here.

tn Heb “will know the Lord.”

tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV), likewise at the beginning of vv. 23 and 24.

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).