Isaiah 34:8 KJV
For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
Matthew Henry
- God's vengeance against the enemies of his churchHere is a prophecy of the wars of the Lord, all which are both righteous and successful. All nations are concerned. And as they have all had the benefit of...
Thompson Chains
- Great DaySee the chain from Joel 2:11 · 9 links
- Divine VengeanceSee the chain from Deuteronomy 32:35 · 8 links
- Recompense (1)See the chain from Isaiah 59:18 · 1 link
Cross References
- Isaiah 63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
- Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
- Psalms 94:1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
- Isaiah 35:4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
- Jeremiah 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
- Revelation 6:10–11 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? …
- Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
- Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
- Deuteronomy 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
- Deuteronomy 32:41–43 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. …
- Isaiah 26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Isaiah 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 59:17–18 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. …
- Micah 6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
- Romans 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Romans 2:8–9 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, …
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6–10 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; …
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Topics
- Day Times of adversity called Day of the Lord
- Edomites Prophecies concerning
- Isaiah Declares the goodness and longsuffering of God toward them
- Punishment Eternal
- War Evils of
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Places
- ZionTown · today Jerusalem · Location well established
- Places in Isaiah 34 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- ZionSunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For it is the day כִּי kî Conjunction יוֹם yôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the LORD'S לַיהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
- vengeance נָקָם nāqām נָקָם Noun · masculine singular
- the year שְׁנַת šĕnat שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine singular construct
- of recompences שִׁלּוּמִים šillûmîm שִׁלּוּם Noun · masculine plural
- for the controversy לְרִיב lĕrîb רִיב Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of Zion צִיּוֹן ṣiyyôn צִיּוֹן Proper name
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