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Forכִּיmy swordחַרְבִּיis drenchedרִוְּתָהin the heavens;בַשָּׁמַיִםlook,הִנֵּהupon Edomעַל אֱדוֹםit will come down,תֵּרֵדand upon the peopleוְעַל עַםI have devoted to destruction,חֶרְמִיfor judgment.לְמִשְׁפָּט
Isaiah 34:5
Study it in the app“For my sword is drenched in the heavens; look, upon Edom it will come down, and upon the people I have devoted to destruction, for judgment.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 34:5, word by word
- my swordחַרְבִּcharbi
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charbi” appears- is drenchedרִוְּתָהrivta
drink one's fill
To drink until wanting no more.
Where else “rivta” appears- in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- upon Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- it will come downתֵּרֵדtered
come down
God comes down to see or act.
Where else “tered” appears- and upon the peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- I have devoted to destructionחֶרְמִchermi
devoted thing
What was given wholly to God and no one could keep for himself.
Where else “chermi” appears- for judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
4And all the army of the heavens will dissolve, and the heavens will be rolled up like a book, and all their army will fade as a leaf fades from the vine, and as what fades from the fig tree.
5 · This verse (above)
6The sword of YHWH is full of blood, it is made fat with fat, with the blood of lambs and male goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for YHWH has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.