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Isaiah 34:3

What does Isaiah 34:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 34:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Their dead bodies will be thick on the face of the earth, and their smell will come up, and the mountains will be flowing with their blood, and all the hills will come to nothing.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And their wounded are cast out, And their carcases cause their stench to ascend, And melted have been mountains from their blood.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Their slain shall be cast forth, and out of their carcasses shall rise a stink: the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up from their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

Context

v.2For 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.

v.3This passage

v.4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading leaf from the fig-tree.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 39:4

    Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

  • Ezekiel 39:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of them that pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop them that pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.

  • Isaiah 14:19

    But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.

  • Amos 4:10

    I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

  • Ezekiel 32:5

    And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.

  • Ezekiel 35:6

    therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.

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