Isaiah 34:5 Cross References - Rotherham

⁵ For my sword, hath been sated in the heavens,––Lo! upon Edom, shall it descend, Even on the people whom I have devoted to justice.

¹⁵ Cursed, be the man that maketh an image––cut or molten––an abomination unto Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond and say––Amen. ¹⁶ Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem, his father or his mother. And all the people shall say––Amen. ¹⁷ Cursed, be he that moveth back the boundary of his neighbour. And all the people shall say––Amen. ¹⁸ Cursed, be he that causeth the blind to wander in the way. And all the people shall say––Amen. ¹⁹ Cursed, be he that perverteth the right of the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow. And all the people shall say––Amen. ²⁰ Cursed, be he that lieth with his father’s wife, because he hath turned aside his father’s coverlet. And all the people shall say––Amen. ²¹ Cursed, be he that lieth with any beast. And all the people shall say––Amen. ²² Cursed, be he that lieth with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say––Amen. ²³ Cursed, be he that lieth with his mother–in–law. And all the people shall say––Amen. ²⁴ Cursed, be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say––Amen. ²⁵ Cursed, be he that taketh a bribe to shed innocent blood. And all the people shall say––Amen. ²⁶ Cursed, be he that establisheth not the words of this law, to do them. And all the people shall say––Amen.

¹⁸ Lest there be among you––a man or a woman, or a family or a tribe, whose heart is turning today, from Yahweh our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations,––lest there be among you, a root fruitful of poison and wormwood; ¹⁹ and so it come to pass, while he is hearing the words of this oath, that he will bless himself in his heart––saying, Prosperity, shall I have, although, in the stubbornness of my heart, I go on,––so that the drunkenness addeth to the thirst: ²⁰ Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him, but, then, will the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy smoke against that man, and all the oath that is written in this scroll, shall settle down upon him,––and Yahweh wipe out his name from under the heavens; ²¹ and Yahweh single him out for calamity, out of all the tribes of Israel,––according to all the oaths of the covenant that is written in this scroll of the law.

¹⁴ Curds of kine and milk of sheep,––With fat of well–fed lambs, Yea rams bred in Bashan and he–goats, With the white of the kernels of wheat,––And, the blood of the grape, thou didst drink as it foamed.

⁴¹ If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take hold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And, them who hate me, will I requite: ⁴² I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And, my sword, shall devour flesh,––With, the blood of the slain, and the captive, With [the flesh of] the chief leader of the foe.

¹³ Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one [who is] thy sword:

⁷ Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem,––how they continued to say––Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.

⁶ For this cause, a curse, hath devoured the earth, And punished are the dwellers therein,––For this cause, are burned the inhabitants of the earth, And the men left remaining––are few.

¹ Who, is this, coming in from Edom, With bright–red garments, from Bozrah? This, made splendid in his raiment, Marching on in the greatness of his strength? I, speaking in righteousness, Mighty to save.

¹⁰ A day of avenging, to avenge him of his adversaries, When the sword shall devour, and be filled, and be sated with their blood,––For, a sacrifice, hath My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, In the land of the North, Towards the river Euphrates.

⁶ Ah! thou sword of Yahweh, How long, wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, Rest thyself, and be still.

⁷ Of Edom––Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Is there, no longer, wisdom in Teman? Hath counsel perished from the discerning? Is, their wisdom, corrupt? ⁸ Flee ye, turn, go down deep to dwell, O inhabitant of Dedan,––For, the doom of Esau, have I brought in upon him, The time of his visitation. ⁹ If, grape–gatherers, came to thee, Would they not leave, gleanings? If, thieves in the night, Would they not have taken away what sufficed them? ¹⁰ But, I, have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, And, to conceal himself, shall he not be able! Spoiled, are his seed, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is, not. ¹¹ Leave thy fatherless children, I, will preserve them alive,––And, thy widows, In me, let them trust. ¹² For, thus, saith Yahweh––Lo! they who had not been adjudged to drink the cup, shall surely drink, And art, thou, the one to go, unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but, shalt surely drink. ¹³ For, by myself, have I sworn, Declareth Yahweh, That, Bozrah, shall become, an astonishment, a reproach, and a desolation, and a contempt,––And, all her cities, shall become age–abiding desolations. ¹⁴ A report, have I heard from Yahweh, Yea, an envoy, throughout the nations, hath been sent,––Gather yourselves together, and come against her, And arise to the battle. ¹⁵ For lo! Small, have I made thee among the nations,––Despised among men! ¹⁶ Thy monstrous thing, hath deceived thee, The insolence of thy heart, O thou that inhabitest the hidden recesses of the cliff, That holdest fast the height of the hill,––Though thou set high, as an eagle, thy nest, From thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh; ¹⁷ So shall, Edom, become, an astonishment,––Every one passing by her, will be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues: ¹⁸ Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbours, Saith Yahweh,––There shall not dwell there––a man, Nor sojourn therein––any son of the earth–born. ¹⁹ Lo! like a lion, will he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink––I will make him run away therefrom, Who, then shall be the Chosen One whom, over it, I may set in charge? For who, shall be like unto, me? And who, shall appoint, me, a time? And who, is, the Shepherd, that shall stand before, me? ²⁰ Wherefore, hear ye, The counsel of Yahweh, which he hath counseled against Edom, And his devices which he hath devised against the inhabitants of Teman,––Surely the little ones of the flock, shall drag them away, Surely he will cause their fold to be astounded over them. ²¹ At the noise of their fall, hath trembled the earth, At the outcry, in the Red Sea, was heard its noise. ²² Lo! as an eagle, he shall mount and dart, and spread his wings over Bozrah,––So shall the heart of the heroes of Edom, in that day, become as the heart of a woman in her pain.

³ Thou shalt say then to the soil of Israel, Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me against thee, Therefore will I bring forth my sword out of its sheath,––and will cut off from thee, the righteous and the lawless. ⁴ Because I have cut off from thee, the righteous and the lawless, Therefore, shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from south to north: ⁵ So shall all flesh know, that, I, Yahweh, have brought forth my sword, out of its sheath,––it shall not return any more.

⁹ Son of man, Prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord,––Say, A sword! a sword! Sharpened, moreover also furbished: ¹⁰ To make a slaughter, is it sharpened, That it may flash as lightning, is it furbished. Or shall we flourish the royal rod of my son, which despiseth every tree? ¹¹ It hath, however, been given to be furbished, that it may be grasped by the hand: The same, is a sword, sharpened, Yea, the same, is furbished, Ready to be given into the hand of the slayer.

¹² Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because of what Edom hath done, in taking vengeance on the house of Judah, so that they have become guilty again and again, and have taken vengeance upon them, ¹³ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, I will therefore stretch forth my hand over Edom, and will cut off therefrom man and beast, And will deliver it up as a desolation, from Teman, And, they of Dedan, by the sword, shall fall, ¹⁴ And I will put forth mine avenging against Edom, by the hand of my people Israel, And they shall deal with Edom, according to mine anger and according to mine indignation,––So shall they know mine avenging, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh,

¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Edom, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because he pursued, with the sword, his brother, and stifled his compassions, and his anger tare in pieces evermore, and, his indignation, kept watch perpetually, ¹² Therefore will I send a fire into Teman,––which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

¹ The vision of Obadiah,––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, concerning Edom––A rumour, have we heard from Yahweh, and, a herald, throughout the nations, hath been sent, Up! and let us rise against her to war. ² Lo! small, have I made thee, among the nations––Despised art thou exceedingly! ³ The insolence of thy heart, hath deceived thee, O thou that inhabitest the retreats of the crag, the height of his habitation,––that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? ⁴ Though thou build high like an eagle, and though, among the stars, thou set thy nest, from thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh. ⁵ If, thieves, had come to thee, if robbers by night––how ruined thou art! Would they not have stolen what sufficed them? If, grape–gatherers, had come to thee, Would they not have left gleanings? ⁶ How have the things of Esau been searched out! his treasures been sought up! ⁷ Up to the boundary, have they sent thee––All thy covenant men, they have deceived thee, prevailed against thee––the men thou wast wont to salute,––The partakers of thy bread, have put a net under thee––No understanding in him! ⁸ Shall it not be, in that day, Demandeth Yahweh,––That I will destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau? ⁹ So shall thy mighty men, O Teman, be dismayed,––to the intent that every man, may be cut off, out of Mount Esau, by slaughter.
¹⁰ For thy violence against thy brother Jacob, shall shame, cover thee,––so shalt thou be cut off, to times age–abiding. ¹¹ In the day when thou didst take thy stand over against him, in the day when foreigners took captive his forces,––and, aliens, entered his gates, and, over Jerusalem, cast lots, even thou, wast like one of them! ¹² Do not, then, look with satisfaction upon the day of thy brother, upon the day of his calamity, Neither rejoice over the sons of Judah––in the day of their ruin,––nor enlarge thy mouth––in the day of distress: ¹³ Do not enter into the gate of my people––in the day of their misfortune, Do not, thou also, look with satisfaction on his misery––in the day of his misfortune; neither do thou thrust [thy hands] on his substance––in the day of his misfortune; ¹⁴ Neither do thou stand at the parting of the way, to cut off his fugitives,––neither do thou deliver up his survivors––in the day of distress.

¹² Even ye Ethiopians, the slain of my sword were they!

⁴ Whereas Edom, may say, We are laid waste, but we will again build the desolate places, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, They, may build, but, I, will pull down,–– and men shall call them, The Boundary of Lawlessness, and, The people with whom Yahweh hath indignation unto times age–abiding;

⁴¹ Then, will he say unto those also, on his left hand: Depart ye from me, accursed ones! Into the age–abiding fire, which hath been prepared for the adversary and his messengers;

²² If anyone doth not dearly love the Lord, let him be anathema [that is, "accursed"]: Maran atha [that is, "The Lord, cometh"].

¹⁰ For, as many as are of works of law, are, under a curse,––for it is written––Accursed, is everyone that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them.

¹⁴ Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed,––children of a curse,––

¹⁶ And, having in his right hand, seven stars, and, out of his mouth, a sharp, two–edged sword, going forth; and, his whole appearance, as when, the sun, shineth in its strength.