Isaiah 34:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord’s sword is covered with 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.

Cross References

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this coming from Edom in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah – this one who is splendid in his apparel, striding in his formidable  might? It is I, proclaiming vindication, powerful to save.

Jeremiah 49:13

For by myself I have sworn’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘Bozrah  will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins for ever.’

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent in the presence of the Lord God, for the day of the  Lord is near. Indeed, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated his guests.

Jeremiah 51:40

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams together with male goats.

Jeremiah 50:27

Put all her young bulls to the sword; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them because their day has come, the time of their punishment.

Isaiah 63:3

I trampled the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with me. I trampled them in my anger and ground them underfoot in my fury; their blood spattered my garments, and all my clothes were stained.

Isaiah 34:5

When my sword has drunk its fill  , in the heavens, it will then come down on Edom and on the people I have set apart for destruction.

Deuteronomy 32:14

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

Ezekiel 21:10

It is sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice? The sceptre of my son, the sword despises every tree.

Deuteronomy 32:41

when I sharpen my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold of judgement, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me.

2 Samuel 1:22

Jonathan’s bow never retreated, Saul’s sword never returned unstained, from the blood of the slain, from the flesh  of the mighty.

1 Chronicles 1:44

When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah  reigned in his place.

Isaiah 65:12

I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear; you did what was evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.’

Jeremiah 12:12

Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the Lord has a sword that devours from one end of the earth to the other. No one has peace.

Jeremiah 25:34

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll in the dust,  you leaders of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.

Jeremiah 46:10

That day belongs to the Lord, the  God of Armies, a day of vengeance to avenge himself against his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satisfied; it will drink its fill of their blood, because it will be a sacrifice  to the Lord, the  God of Armies, in the northern land by the River Euphrates.

Jeremiah 49:7

About Edom,  this is what the Lord of Armies says: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom rotted away?

Ezekiel 35:8

I will fill its mountains with the slain;  those slain by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

Ezekiel 35:15

Just as you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it became a desolation, I will deal the same way with you: you will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and so will all Edom in its entirety. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Amos 1:11

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Edom for three crimes, even four, because he pursued his brother with the sword. He stifled his compassion, his anger tore at him   continually, and he harboured his rage incessantly.

Isaiah 29:2

I will oppress Ariel, and there will be mourning and crying, and she will be to me like an Ariel.