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Isaiah 34:9-11
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 34:9-11
Contemporary English Version
9 Edom's streams will turn into tar
and its soil into sulfur—
then the whole country
will go up in flames.
10 (A) It will burn night and day
and never stop smoking.
Edom will be a desert,
generation after generation;
no one will ever travel
through that land.
11 Owls, hawks, and wild animals[a]
will make it their home.
God will leave it in ruins,
merely a pile of rocks.
Footnotes
- 34.11 Owls … animals: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Isaiah 34:9-11
New International Version
Isaiah 34:9-11
New International Version
9 Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her dust into burning sulfur;(A)
her land will become blazing pitch!
10 It will not be quenched(B) night or day;
its smoke will rise forever.(C)
From generation to generation(D) it will lie desolate;(E)
no one will ever pass through it again.
11 The desert owl[a](F) and screech owl[b] will possess it;
the great owl[c] and the raven(G) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom(H)
the measuring line of chaos(I)
and the plumb line(J) of desolation.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
- Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
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