Yǐsaìyàshū 34:9

9 Yǐdōng de hé shuǐ yào biàn wèi shí yóu , chén āi yào biàn wèi liúhuáng , dì tǔ chéngwéi shāo zhe de shí yóu .

Yǐsaìyàshū 34:9 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 34:9

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch
The Septuagint render it, "the valleys"; the word signifying both rivers and valleys, most render it rivers or streams. The Targum is express,

``the rivers of Rome shall be turned into pitch;''

by which may be meant the maritime places belonging to the Romish jurisdiction, the same on which the third vial will be poured, by which the rivers and fountains of waters will become blood; and which refers to this very time, when blood shall be given to the whore of Rome to drink, ( Revelation 16:4-6 ) . The allusion, in this and some following clauses, is to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; see ( Jeremiah 49:17 Jeremiah 49:18 ) :

and the dust thereof into brimstone;
and so easily take fire:

and the land thereof shall become burning pitch:
plainly pointing to the destruction of Rome by fire, ( Revelation 17:16 ) ( 18:8 ) .

Yǐsaìyàshū 34:9 In-Context

7 Yĕ niú , niúdú , hé gōngniú , yào yītóng xià lái . tāmende dì hē zuì le xuè , tāmende chéntǔ yīn zhīyóu féi rùn .

8 Yīn Yēhéhuá yǒu bàochóu zhī rì , wèi Xī \'ān de zhēng biàn , yǒu bàoyìng zhī nián .

9 Yǐdōng de hé shuǐ yào biàn wèi shí yóu , chén āi yào biàn wèi liúhuáng , dì tǔ chéngwéi shāo zhe de shí yóu .

10 Zhòuyè zǒng bù xī miè , yān qì yǒngyuǎn shang téng , bì shì shìdaì daì chéngwéi huāng feì , yǒng yǒngyuǎn yuǎn wú rén jīngguò .

11 Tí hú , jiàn zhū , què yào dé wèi yè . maó tóu yīng , wūyē , yào zhù zaì qí jiān . Yēhéhuá bìjiāng kōngxū de zhún shéng , hùndùn de qián tuó , lā zaì qí shang .