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Forכִּיit is a dayיוֹםof vengeanceנָקָםfor YHWH,לַיהוָהa yearשְׁנַתof recompenseשִׁלּוּמִיםfor the causeלְרִיבof Zion.צִיּוֹן
Isaiah 34:8
Study it in the app“For it is a day of vengeance for YHWH, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 34:8, word by word
- it is a dayיוֹםyom
day of YHWH
"The day of YHWH", when he comes to judge.
Where else “yom” appears- of vengeanceנָקָםnakam
vengeance
Vengeance: the punishment that does justice for an offense.
Where else “nakam” appears- for YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- a yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- of recompenseשִׁלּוּמִיםshilumim
retribution
Punishment matching the wrong done.
Where else “shilumim” appears- for the causeרִיבriv
case
A matter brought before the judge.
Where else “riv” appears- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
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Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
7And wild oxen will come down with them, and young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drenched with blood, and their dust with fat will be made fat.
8 · This verse (above)
9And its torrents will be turned into pitch, and its dust into sulfur, and its land will become burning pitch.