Isaías 34:12-17

12 Sus nobles (y allí no hay ninguno a quien puedan proclamar rey) y todos sus príncipes serán nada.
13 Espinos crecerán en sus palacios, ortigas y cardos en sus ciudades fortificadas; será también guarida de chacales y morada de crías de avestruz.
14 Las fieras del desierto se encontrarán con las hienas, el macho cabrío llamará a los de su especie; sí, el monstruo nocturno se establecerá allí, y encontrará para sí lugar de reposo.
15 Allí la serpiente anidará y pondrá sus huevos, los incubará y juntará su cría bajo su sombra; también allí se juntarán los halcones, cada uno con su compañera.
16 Buscad en el libro del SEÑOR, y leed: Ninguno de ellos faltará, ninguno carecerá de su compañera. Porque su boca lo ha mandado, y su Espíritu los ha reunido.
17 El les ha echado suertes, y su mano les ha repartido la tierra con el cordel. La poseerán para siempre; de generación en generación morarán en ella.

Isaías 34:12-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 34

This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of all the antichristian nations of the world, and particularly of Rome, signified by Idumea; which is introduced with a call to a general attention to it, it being a very awful and solemn affair, Isa 34:1 utter and universal destruction is declared, as the effect of God's wrath, Isa 34:2 which is expressed by a dreadful scene of blood, to the melting of the mountains with it, and by the dissolution of the heavens, and the hosts of them, Isa 34:3,4 particularly the destruction of Idumea is denounced by the sword of the Lord being on it, and bathed with the blood, both of the common people, and of their princes, signified by various sorts of creatures, Isa 34:5-7 the cause of which is the Lord's vengeance for the controversy of his church and people, injured by Edom or Rome, Isa 34:8 whose desolate and calamitous state is represented as being like that of Sodom, Isa 34:9,10 and should be no more inhabited by men, nor governed by princes, but be the dwelling of wild beasts and unclean birds, Isa 34:11-15 all which is confirmed by the word and Spirit of God, Isa 34:16,17.

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