Isaiah 34:5

34:5 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.”

Isaiah 11:14

11:14 They will swoop down ⁴  on the Philistine hills to the west; ⁵ 

together they will loot the people of the east.

They will take over Edom and Moab, ⁶ 

and the Ammonites will be their subjects.

Isaiah 34:6

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

it is covered ⁷  with fat;

it drips ⁸  with the blood of young rams and goats

and is covered ⁹  with the fat of rams’ kidneys.

For the Lord is holding a sacrifice ¹⁰  in Bozrah, ¹¹ 

a bloody ¹²  slaughter in the land of Edom.

[34:5]  ¹ tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Lord speaks at this point.

[34:5]  ² tn Heb “indeed [or “for”] my sword is drenched in the heavens.” The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a 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.”

[34:5]  ³ sn Edom is mentioned here as epitomizing the hostile nations that oppose God.

[11:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “fly.” Ephraim/Judah are compared to a bird of prey.

[11:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “on the shoulder of Philistia toward the sea.” This refers to the slopes of the hill country west of Judah. See HALOT 506 s.v. כָּתֵף.

[11:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “Edom and Moab [will be the place of] the outstretching of their hand,” i.e., included in their area of jurisdiction (see HALOT 648 s.v. ח(וֹ)מִשְׁלֹ).

[34:6]  ⁷ tn The verb is a rare Hotpaal passive form. See GKC 150 §54.h.

[34:6]  ⁸ tn The words “it drips” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[34:6]  ⁹ tn The words “and is covered” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[34:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for there is a sacrifice to the Lord.”

[34:6]  ¹¹ sn The Lord’s judgment of Edom is compared to a bloody sacrificial scene.

[34:6]  ¹² tn Heb “great” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).