Isaiah 34:5
For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.This verse in the real world
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- רָוָהrâvâhto slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)
- חֵרֶםchêremphysical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed objec
- אֱדֹםʼĔdômEdom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
- יָרַדyâradto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore,
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- עַםʻama people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (colle
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 46:10, Isa 63:1, Mal 1:4, Amo 1:11–12, Jer 49:7–22, Ezk 25:12–14, Jer 47:6, Mat 25:41