English Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 34, verse 22 in Nlv Version

Isaiah 34 : 1 (NLV)

Come near, O nations, to hear! Listen, O people! Let the earth and all that is in it listen, the world and all that comes from it.

Isaiah 34 : 2 (NLV)

For the Lord's anger is against all the nations. And His anger is against all their armies. He has destroyed all of them. He has given them over to be killed.

Isaiah 34 : 3 (NLV)

Their dead will be thrown out. Their dead bodies will give off a bad smell. The mountains will flow with their blood.

Isaiah 34 : 4 (NLV)

All the stars of the heavens will waste away. And the sky will be rolled up like writings. All that are in them will waste away also, as a leaf dries up from the vine, or as one dries up from the fig tree.

Isaiah 34 : 5 (NLV)

For My sword has drunk its fill in heaven. See, it will come down to punish Edom. It will come down upon the people whom I have given over to be destroyed.

Isaiah 34 : 6 (NLV)

The sword of the Lord is covered with blood. It is filled with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, and with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a killing in Bozrah, and much killing in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 34 : 7 (NLV)

Wild oxen will fall with them, and young bulls with strong ones. So their land will be filled with blood, and their dust will become rich with fat.

Isaiah 34 : 8 (NLV)

For the Lord has a day when He will punish, a year when He pays back which will help Zion.

Isaiah 34 : 9 (NLV)

Edom's rivers will be turned into tar, and its dust into sulphur. Her land will become burning tar.

Isaiah 34 : 10 (NLV)

Its fire will not be put out night or day. Its smoke will go up forever. From one family to their children's children and on into the future, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever.

Isaiah 34 : 11 (NLV)

But the pelican and hedgehog will have it for their own. The owl and raven will live in it. The Lord will make it into an empty waste land.

Isaiah 34 : 12 (NLV)

Its rulers will be gone. And no kings will be named there. All their rulers will be no more.

Isaiah 34 : 13 (NLV)

Thorns will grow in its strong towers. Thistles will grow in cities where battles were fought. It will be a place for wild dogs, and a home for ostriches.

Isaiah 34 : 14 (NLV)

The desert animals will meet with the wolves. The wild goats will cry to its kind. Yes, the night-demon will stop there and find a resting place.

Isaiah 34 : 15 (NLV)

The snake will make its nest and lay eggs there. Her young will be born from the eggs and she will gather them under her shadow. Yes, the hawks will be gathered there, every one with its kind.

Isaiah 34 : 16 (NLV)

Look in the book of the Lord, and read: Not one of these will be missing. None will be without its mate. For the mouth of the Lord has said so, and His Spirit has gathered them.

Isaiah 34 : 17 (NLV)

He will divide the land among them and give each of them a share. It will be theirs forever. From one family to their children's children and on into the future, they will live in it.