Isaiah 34:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood; it is gorged 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

2 Samuel 1:22

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, nor the sword of Saul return empty.

1 Chronicles 1:44

When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah succeeded him.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem’s fall, how they said, “Tear it down! Tear it down! Down to its foundations!”

Isaiah 29:2

Yet I will oppress Ariel, and there shall be moaning and lamentation, and you shall be to me like an Ariel.

Isaiah 34:5

When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, upon Edom it will fall, upon the people I have doomed to judgment.

Isaiah 63:1

“Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah in garments stained crimson? Who is this so splendidly robed, marching in his great might?” “It is I, announcing vindication, mighty to save.”

Isaiah 63:3

“I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their juice spattered on my garments, and I stained all my robes.

Isaiah 65:12

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.

Jeremiah 12:12

Upon all the bare heights in the desert, spoilers have come, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land to the other; no one shall be safe.

Jeremiah 25:34

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter have come—and your dispersions, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.

Jeremiah 46:10

That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of retribution, to gain vindication from his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

Jeremiah 49:13

For by myself I have sworn, says the Lord, that Bozrah shall become an object of horror and ridicule, a waste, and an object of cursing, and all her towns shall be perpetual wastes.

Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

Jeremiah 50:27

Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Alas for them, their day has come, the time of their punishment!

Jeremiah 51:40

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and goats.

Ezekiel 21:10

it is sharpened for slaughter, honed to flash like lightning! How can we make merry? You have despised the rod and all discipline.

Ezekiel 35:15

As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir and all Edom, all of it. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 35:8

I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses those killed with the sword shall fall.

Amos 1:11

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity; he maintained his anger perpetually and kept his wrath forever.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is at hand! The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated his guests.

Deuteronomy 32:14

curds from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs and rams, Bashan bulls and goats, together with the choicest wheat— you drank fine wine from the blood of grapes.

Deuteronomy 32:41

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