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Isaiah 34

Isa. 34:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Comee near
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
, ye nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
, to hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
; and hearken
qashab (Hebrew #7181)
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
KJV usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Pronounce: kaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
, ye people
lom (Hebrew #3816)
from an unused root meaning to gather; a community
KJV usage: nation, people.
Pronounce: leh-ome'
Origin: or l owm {leh-ome'}
: let the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
f hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and βall that is therein
mlo' (Hebrew #4393)
or mlow (Ezekiel 41:8), {mel-o'}; from 4390; fulness (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X all along, X all that is (there-)in, fill, (X that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand- )full, multitude.
Pronounce: mel-o'
Origin: rarely mlowf {mel-o'}
; the world
tebel (Hebrew #8398)
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine
KJV usage: habitable part, world.
Pronounce: tay-bale'
Origin: from 2986
, and all things that come forth
tse'etsa' (Hebrew #6631)
issue, i.e. produce, children
KJV usage: that which cometh forth (out), offspring.
Pronounce: tseh-ets-aw'
Origin: from 3318
of it.
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Psa. 49:1• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world: (Psa. 49:1)
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Deut. 32:1• 1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth! (Deut. 32:1)
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the fullness thereof.

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Earth,
The World

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-10:  The judgments wherewith God revenges his church.
11-15:  The desolation of her enemies.
16-17:  The certainty of the prophecy.
Come.This and the following chapter, as Bp. Lowth observes, form one distinct prophecy; an entire, regular, and beautiful poem, consisting of two parts; the first containing a denunciation of Divine vengeance against the enemies of the people or church of God; the second describing the flourishing state of that church consequent upon those judgments.
The event foretold is represented as of the highest importance, and of universal concern; all nations are called upon to attend to the declaration of it; and the wrath of God is denounced against all the nations who had provoked to anger the Defender of the cause of Zion.
By a figure frequently occurring in the prophetical writings, the cities and people mentioned here, who were remarkably distinguished as the enemies of the people of God, are put for those enemies in general.
Isa. 18:3• 3All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, see ye, and when a trumpet is blown, hear ye! (Isa. 18:3)
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Isa. 33:13• 13Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and ye that are near, acknowledge my might. (Isa. 33:13)
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Isa. 41:1• 1Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us draw near together to judgment. (Isa. 41:1)
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Isa. 43:9• 9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them declareth this, or causeth us to hear former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth. (Isa. 43:9)
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Isa. 49:1• 1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isa. 49:1)
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Judg. 5:3,31• 3Hear, ye kings; give ear, ye princes, I, even I, will sing to Jehovah; I will hymn to Jehovah the God of Israel.
 31So let all thine enemies perish, Jehovah! But let them that love him be as the rising of the sun in its might. And the land had rest forty years. (Judg. 5:3,31)
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Psa. 49:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
 2Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike. (Psa. 49:1‑2)
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Psa. 50:1• 1A Psalm. Of Asaph. *God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. (Psa. 50:1)
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Psa. 96:10• 10Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth! yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved; he will execute judgment upon the peoples with equity. (Psa. 96:10)
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Mark 16:15‑16• 15And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.
 16He that believes and is baptised shall be saved, and he that disbelieves shall be condemned. (Mark 16:15‑16)
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Rev. 2:7• 7He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, I will give to him to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God. (Rev. 2:7)
let the.
Isa. 1:2• 2Hear, ye heavens, and give ear, thou earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me. (Isa. 1:2)
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Deut. 4:26• 26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed. (Deut. 4:26)
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Deut. 32:1• 1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth! (Deut. 32:1)
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Jer. 22:29• 29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah! (Jer. 22:29)
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Mic. 6:1‑2• 1Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
 2Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. (Mic. 6:1‑2)
all that is therein.
Heb. the fulness thereof.
Psa. 24:1• 1Of David. A Psalm. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (Psa. 24:1)
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1 Cor. 10:26• 26For the earth is the Lord's and its fulness. (1 Cor. 10:26)
• Chapter 34 opens with a call to all the world to hearken, since all nations have to face the judgments of God, which will reach even to “the host of heaven”, since there is to be that conflict in the heavens of which we read in Revelation 12:7-8. (“Isaiah 34” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoplesb: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it.

JND Translation Notes

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Leummim. Ps. 2.1.