There will be nothing to do except crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
Isaiah 34:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall rise, and the mountains shall flow with their blood. American Standard Version (1901) Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. Common English Bible Their dead will be cast out, the stench of their corpses will rise, and the mountains will melt from their blood. Catholic Public Domain Version Their slain will be cast out, and from their carcasses a foul odor will rise up. The mountains will languish because of their blood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Their slain shall be cast forth, and out of their carcasses shall rise a stink: the mountains shall be melted with their blood. |
There will be nothing to do except crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
The wild oxen will be struck down with them, and young bulls with the mighty bulls. Their land will be soaked with blood, and their soil will be saturated with fat.
‘As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all humanity.’
He will be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown outside Jerusalem’s gates.
Those slain by the Lord on that day will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like manure on the soil’s surface.
‘Or suppose I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath on it with bloodshed to wipe out both people and animals from it.
I will abandon you on the land and throw you onto the open field. I will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you and let the wild creatures of the entire earth eat their fill of you.
therefore, as I live #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God #– #I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
I will execute judgement on him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulphur on him, as well as his troops and the many peoples who are with him.
‘ “Now on that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel #– #the Travellers’ Valley east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, for Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called Hordes of Gog Valley.
You, all your troops, and the peoples who are with you will fall on the mountains of Israel. I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and to the wild animals.
I will drive the northerner far from you and banish him to a dry and desolate land, his front ranks into the Dead Sea, and his rear guard into the Mediterranean Sea. His stench will rise; yes, his rotten smell will rise, for he has done astonishing things.
I sent plagues like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I caused the stench of your camp to fill your nostrils, yet you did not return to me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end – they stumble over their dead.
Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses’ bridles for about 300 kilometres. ,