Isaiah

Isaiah 34:8–10

⁸For the LORD has a day of vengeance,

a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.^b

⁹Edom’s streams will be turned to tar,

and her soil to sulfur;

her land will become a blazing pitch.

¹⁰It will not be quenched— day or night.

Its smoke will ascend forever.

From generation to generation it will lie desolate;

no one will ever again pass through it.

Footnotes

b 34:8 Or of recompense for (Edom’s) hostility against Zion.

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Isaiah 34:8

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has a day	י֥וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of vengeance	נָקָ֖ם	nā·qām	Noun - masculine singular	H5359 vengeance
a year	שְׁנַ֥ת	šə·naṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8141 year
of recompense	שִׁלּוּמִ֖ים	šil·lū·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H7966 requital
for the cause	לְרִ֥יב	lə·rîḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7379 strife, dispute
of Zion	צִיּֽוֹן׃	ṣî·yō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion

Isaiah 34:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
streams	נְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙	nə·ḥā·le·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5158 torrent, torrent-valley, wady
will be turned	וְנֶהֶפְכ֤וּ	wə·ne·hep̄·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H2015 turn, overturn
to tar	לְזֶ֔פֶת	lə·ze·p̄eṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H2203 pitch
and her soil	וַעֲפָרָ֖הּ	wa·‘ă·p̄ā·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust
to sulfur	לְגָפְרִ֑ית	lə·ḡā·p̄ə·rîṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H1614 brimstone
her land	אַרְצָ֔הּ	’ar·ṣāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H776 earth, land
will become	וְהָיְתָ֣ה	wə·hā·yə·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a blazing	בֹּעֵרָֽה׃	bō·‘ê·rāh	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H1197 burn, consume
pitch	לְזֶ֖פֶת	lə·ze·p̄eṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H2203 pitch

Isaiah 34:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
It will not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be quenched	תִכְבֶּ֔ה	ṯiḵ·beh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3518 be quenched, extinguished, go out
day	וְיוֹמָם֙	wə·yō·w·mām	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H3119 daytime, by day
or night	לַ֤יְלָה	lay·lāh	Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
Its smoke	עֲשָׁנָ֑הּ	‘ă·šā·nāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6227 smoke
will ascend	יַעֲלֶ֣ה	ya·‘ă·leh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
forever	לְעוֹלָ֖ם	lə·‘ō·w·lām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
From generation	מִדּ֤וֹר	mid·dō·wr	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
to generation	לָדוֹר֙	lā·ḏō·wr	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
it will lie desolate	תֶּחֱרָ֔ב	te·ḥĕ·rāḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2717 be dry, dried up
no one	אֵ֥ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
will ever again	לְנֵ֣צַח	lə·nê·ṣaḥ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity
pass	עֹבֵ֖ר	‘ō·ḇêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
through it	בָּֽהּ׃	bāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular

Cross-references

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Isaiah 34:8 Isaiah 63:4 · Isaiah 61:2 · Psalm 94:1 · Jeremiah 46:10 · Isaiah 35:4 · Revelation 6:10–11 · Isaiah 49:26 · Isaiah 26:21 · Deuteronomy 32:35 · Revelation 19:2 · Revelation 18:20

Isaiah 34:9 Deuteronomy 29:23 · Psalm 11:6 · Revelation 21:8

Isaiah 34:10 Revelation 19:3 · Isaiah 66:24 · Malachi 1:3–4 · Isaiah 13:20 · Revelation 18:18 · Ezekiel 29:11 · Isaiah 1:31 · Revelation 14:10–11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.