Isaiah 34:5 “When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come dow…”

Isaiah 34:5

When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

World English Bible

For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.

American Standard Version

For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Geneva Bible 1599

For my sword shalbe drunken in the heauen: beholde, it shall come downe vpon Edom, euen vpon the people of my curse to iudgement.

Darby Translation

For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.

Young's Literal Translation

For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.

Bible in Basic English

For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.

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Cross references

“my sword”

Jeremiah 46:10 Deuteronomy 32:14 Psalm 17:13 Jeremiah 47:6 Ezekiel 21:3–5 Ezekiel 21:9–11

Jeremiah 46:10 · BSB

For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in t…

Deuteronomy 32:14 · BSB

with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

Psalm 17:13 · BSB

Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

Jeremiah 47:6 · BSB

‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’

Ezekiel 21:3–5 · BSB

and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

Ezekiel 21:9–11 · BSB

“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

“upon Idumea”

Isaiah 63:1 Malachi 1:4 Jeremiah 49:7–22 Ezekiel 25:12–14 Psalm 137:7 Amos 1:11

Isaiah 63:1 · BSB

Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

Malachi 1:4 · BSB

Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom…

Jeremiah 49:7–22 · BSB

Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

Ezekiel 25:12–14 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,

Psalm 137:7 · BSB

Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

Amos 1:11 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury…

“the people”

Deuteronomy 29:18–21 Matthew 25:41 Deuteronomy 27:15–26 1 Corinthians 16:22 Galatians 3:10 2 Peter 2:14

Deuteronomy 29:18–21 · BSB

Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous a…

Matthew 25:41 · BSB

Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Deuteronomy 27:15–26 · BSB

‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

1 Corinthians 16:22 · BSB

If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!

Galatians 3:10 · BSB

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

2 Peter 2:14 · BSB

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

Also

Isaiah 24:6 Deuteronomy 32:41–42

Isaiah 24:6 · BSB

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.

Deuteronomy 32:41–42 · BSB

when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.

6The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat— with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

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