For the Lord has a day of (A)vengeance,
A year of retribution for the [a]cause of Zion.
[b]Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into (B)brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
10 It will (C)not be extinguished night or day;
Its (D)smoke will go up forever.
From (E)generation to generation it will be desolate;
(F)None will pass through it forever and ever.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:8 Or controversy
  2. Isaiah 34:9 I.e., Edom’s

For the Lord has a day(A) of vengeance,(B)
    a year of retribution,(C) to uphold Zion’s cause.
Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;(D)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
10 It will not be quenched(E) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.(F)
From generation to generation(G) it will lie desolate;(H)
    no one will ever pass through it again.

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Grief over Babylon

“And (A)the kings of the earth, who committed acts of sexual immorality and (B)lived luxuriously with her, will (C)weep and mourn over her when they (D)see the smoke of her burning,

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Threefold Woe Over Babylon’s Fall

“When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her(A) and shared her luxury(B) see the smoke of her burning,(C) they will weep and mourn over her.(D)

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18 and were (A)crying out as they (B)saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘(C)What city is like (D)the great city?’

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18 When they see the smoke of her burning,(A) they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city(B)?’(C)

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And a second time they said, “(A)Hallelujah! (B)Her smoke rises forever and ever.”

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And again they shouted:

“Hallelujah!(A)
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”(B)

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