Isaiah 34
- 1Come near, you nations, to hear. Listen, you people: let the earth hear, and all that is in it. The world, and all things that come out of it.
- 2For the anger of the Lord is on all nations, and his fury on all their armies: he has completely destroyed them, he has delivered them to the slaughter.
- 3Their killed also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their dead bodies, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
- 4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their stars shall fall down, as the leaf falls off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
- 5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: it shall come down on Idumea, and on the people of my curse, to judgment.
- 6The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is covered with fat, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
- 7And the wild oxen shall come down with them, and the young bulls with the bulls. Their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with richness.
- 8For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of repayments for the controversy of Zion.
- 9And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into burning sulfur, and its land shall become burning pitch.
- 10It shall not be put out night or day. Its smoke shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste. None shall pass through it for ever and ever.
- 11But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it. The owl also and the raven shall live in it: and he shall stretch out on it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
- 12They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
- 13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in its fortresses: and it shall be a home of dragons, and a court for owls.
- 14The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow. The screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
- 15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
- 16Seek out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall lack her mate. For my mouth it has commanded, and his spirit it has gathered them.
- 17And he has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they live in it.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Isaiah 34 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVCome near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
GIGAKJVCome near, you nations, to hear. Listen, you people: let the earth hear, and all that is in it. The world, and all things that come out of it.
KJVFor the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
GIGAKJVFor the anger of the Lord is on all nations, and his fury on all their armies: he has completely destroyed them, he has delivered them to the slaughter.
KJVTheir slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
GIGAKJVTheir killed also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their dead bodies, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
KJVAnd all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
GIGAKJVAnd all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their stars shall fall down, as the leaf falls off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
KJVFor my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
GIGAKJVFor my sword shall be bathed in heaven: it shall come down on Idumea, and on the people of my curse, to judgment.
KJVThe sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
GIGAKJVThe sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is covered with fat, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
KJVAnd the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
GIGAKJVAnd the wild oxen shall come down with them, and the young bulls with the bulls. Their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with richness.
KJVFor it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
GIGAKJVFor it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of repayments for the controversy of Zion.
KJVAnd the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
GIGAKJVAnd its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into burning sulfur, and its land shall become burning pitch.
KJVIt shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
GIGAKJVIt shall not be put out night or day. Its smoke shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste. None shall pass through it for ever and ever.
KJVBut the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
GIGAKJVBut the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it. The owl also and the raven shall live in it: and he shall stretch out on it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
KJVThey shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
GIGAKJVThey shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
KJVAnd thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
GIGAKJVAnd thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in its fortresses: and it shall be a home of dragons, and a court for owls.
KJVThe wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
GIGAKJVThe wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow. The screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
KJVSeek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
GIGAKJVSeek out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall lack her mate. For my mouth it has commanded, and his spirit it has gathered them.
KJVAnd he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
GIGAKJVAnd he has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they live in it.
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