ISAIAH 34-35. THE DOWNFALL OF EDOM, AND PERMANENT DESOLATION OF ITS LAND. THE BLESSEDNESS OF GOD'S PEOPLE AND FERTILITY OF ITS LAND. These Chapter s are generally, and probably correctly, attributed to the same hand. Isaiah 34 exhibits the fiercest hatred of Edom, reminding us most of Isaiah 63:1. T... [ Continue Reading ]
All nations are summoned to hear their doom. Yahweh is infuriated against them, He has pronounced the ban (pp. 99, 114, Deuteronomy 2:34 *, Joshua 6:17 *) upon them. The foul odour of their exposed and putrefying corpses shall fill the air, the mountains be dissolved with their blood. The sky shall... [ Continue Reading ]
In preparation for the slaughter of earth Yahweh's sword has drunk its fill of wrath in heaven. Now, charged and sharpened with its fury, it descends to execute the ban upon Edom (_mg.)._ His sword reeks with blood and is glutted with fat, but the victims slaughtered in this sacrifice are the Edomit... [ Continue Reading ]
Edom is near to the Dead Sea, and the country is volcanic, and these facts suggest this lurid picture of judgment. Edom's rivers will be turned to pitch, its dust to brimstone, the land shall be a smoking, desolate wilderness for ever and ever. Pelican and bittern (Isaiah 14:23 *), owl and raven, sh... [ Continue Reading ]