Then he will speak to them in his wrath and terrify them in his fury, saying,
Isaiah 34:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For the Lord is enraged against all the nations and furious against all their hordes; he has doomed them, has given them over for slaughter. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord is indignant against all nations, and His wrath is against all their host. He has utterly doomed them, He has given them over to slaughter. American Standard Version (1901) For Jehovah hath indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Common English Bible The LORD rages against all the nations, and is angry with all their armies. God is about to wipe them out and has prepared them for slaughter. Catholic Public Domain Version For the indignation of the Lord is over all the nations, and his fury is over all their armies. He has put them to death, and he has given them over to slaughter. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath killed them and delivered them to slaughter. |
Then he will speak to them in his wrath and terrify them in his fury, saying,
Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger— the club in their hands is my fury!
They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the Lord and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole earth.
Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty!
Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.
On every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water—on a day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
I trampled down peoples in my anger; I crushed them in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter; because, when I called, you did not answer, when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.
You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; your bodies shall flourish like the grass, and it shall be known that the power of the Lord is with his servants, and his indignation is against his enemies.
For by fire will the Lord execute judgment, and by his sword on all flesh; and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the guilty he will put to the sword, says the Lord.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: See, disaster is spreading from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth!
Those slain by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented or gathered or buried; they shall become dung on the surface of the ground.
therefore thus says the Lord God: I am speaking in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who, with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, took my land as their possession, because of its pasture, to plunder it.
Therefore wait for me, says the Lord, for the day when I arise as a witness. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all the heat of my anger, for in the fire of my passion all the earth shall be consumed.
Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those who by their injustice suppress the truth.
For it was the Lord’s doing to harden their hearts so that they would come against Israel in battle, in order that they might be utterly destroyed and might receive no mercy but be exterminated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
They marched up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from heaven and consumed them.