Isaías 34
David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
Isaías 34
Guzik comments that "In associating this time of judgment with the image of sacrifice, Isaiah tells us that this is payment for the penalty of sin. Even as a sacrificial victim paid for the sin of the one bringing the sacrifice, so the bloody judgment of sin at Armageddon will be a payment for the penalty of sin. It will be an imperfect, incomplete payment, but it will be a payment of some kind." Keil and Delitzsch - Just as in Isa 63:1-6 Jehovah (JESUS) is represented as a treader of the wine-press, and the nations as the grapes; so here He is represented as offering sacrifice, and the nations as the animals offered (zebhach: cf., Zeph. 1:7; Jer. 46:10); Ezek. 39:17ff.: all three passages founded upon this). Sacrifice (02077)(zebah) from zabah - to slaughter for sacrifice) refers to an offering killed and presented by the worshiper to God as an act of devotion (to fill a special vow - Nu 15:3), thanksgiving (Lev 22:29, Ps 107:22, 116:17) or to meet the need for forgiveness (expiation, propitiation). ESV Study Bible on slaughter - The world becomes a bloody altar as God requires payment for sin (the only refuge for anyone is the sacrifice of Christ). And a great slaughter in the land of Edom - Gary Smith writes that "God drops the sword images and focuses on analogies related to the killing of animals prepared for slaughter or sacrifice (cf. 25:6; 30:32; Jer 46:10; Ezek 39:17). Ideas of confession of sin, substitution, atonement, and forgiveness of sin that are associated with sacrifices in Leviticus are missing from this discussion, for the focus draws an analogy with the slaughter of animals, not the atonement of sins. The specification of Edom and Bozrah (the capital of Edom) is not because the Edomites were especially sinful or violent; they merely represent what God will destroy (cf. 63:1–6). Cities like Bozrah, a very secure Edomite fortification, will not stand. People who act like the Edomites will be destined for slaughter."
Isaías 34
Guzik - In this day of the Lord’s vengeance known as the great tribulation, there will be unparalleled ecological disaster. Before Jesus Christ returns at the end of the great tribulation, one-third of the earth’s vegetation, one-third of the oceans, and one-third of fresh waters will be destroyed and unusable (Revelation 8 and 16). David Thompson - All these nations will pay a price for what they have done to Israel. The nations have persecuted the Jews and sacrificed them so God will destroy them all. This is the point that all controversy that God has had with Israel ends. From this point on, He is on the side of Israel and against all nations of the world who were against her. For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, the year of recompense in the controversy of Zion.—Isa. 34.8 In these last two chapters of the first part of this book of Isaiah, the prophet again takes the widest outlook. As, at the close of the section containing the Burdens of the nations, he uttered prophecies concerning the whole world (see Isaiah 24-27), so does he here. Here again his outlook is first upon desolation, and then upon restoration. The indignation of Jehovah is seen proceeding against all nations because of their iniquities. Edom is made the centre and symbol of the antagonism to Zion. Edom is of Esau, as Zion is of Israel. All that the ideal nation stood for, had been opposed persistently by Edom. Now, upon that whole attitude the vengeance of God is seen to fall. In connection with this, let the prophecy of Obadiah be read. There, the antagonism is very clearly brought out. The issue of that spirit of animalism is that of complete annihilation. The vengeance of Jehovah is irrevocable and irresistible. It is at least a most suggestive fact that when our Lord, the one perfect flower and fruit of Israel's race, was here exercising His earthly ministry, an Idumean, that is an Edomite, in the person of Herod, was reigning over the people; and it is more than suggestive in that relation, that he is the one human being to whom Christ had nothing to say. Once He sent him a message full of contempt. When at last He was in his presence, He spoke no word to him. God makes no terms with that for which Edom stood. Its portion is destruction. - G Campbell Morgan F B
Isaías 34
Guzik - The Hebrew word for night creature is lilith, which is the feminine form of the word “night.” Old Jewish superstitions make Lilith a beautiful demon of the night, who seduced men and killed children. It is possible that Isaiah uses the term to describe the demonic habitation of Edom after God’s judgment. Hairy Goat (KJV = satyr) (08163)(sa'yr) means shaggy or hairy ("hairy one") and can also refer to a "he goat." Some lexicons also associate it with the "goat-idol." In the present context it clearly is a literal goat, although in Isaiah 34:14 the KJV translates it “satyr”, while TEV and CEV; translate it “demon” and the NJPS uses “goat-demons.” Guzik - The King James Version translates wild goat as satyr, which was a mythical demonic creature. The Hebrew word here is sair, which as an adjective means hairy (Genesis 27:11) and as a noun refers to a male goat (Genesis 37:31 and Leviticus 4:23). It is possible that Isaiah means that wild goats will inhabit the desolate regions of Edom, or he may mean that it will be the haunt of demonic spirits. Bultema thinks the best translation “is satyrs, demons, or field devils.” Gotquestions on Satyrs - In Isaiah 13:21 and Isa 34:14, the KJV and RSV translate the Hebrew sa`iyr as “satyr.”...the word was also thought to imply demon-worship associated with goats, and so we find the word translated “devil” twice and “satyr” in the aforementioned verses. However, based on the context of each passage in Isaiah, it is almost certain that wild goats are intended by the Hebrew sa`iyr, not the goat-man creature of legend, and certainly not the faun of classical myth. (Gotquestions) NAS uses sa'yr in KJV sense of sair only 5x where KJV translates it as satyr - Gen. 27:11,23; Isa. 13:21; 34:14; Dan. 8:21 KJV uses sa'yr in 57v and has the following definition - adj 1) hairy n m 2) he-goat, buck 2a) as sacrificial animal 2b) satyr, may refer to a demon possessed goat like the swine of Gadara (Mt. 8:30-32) Gen. 27:11,23; 37:31; Lev. 4:23-24; 9:3,15; 10:16; 16:5,7-10,15,18,20-22,26-27; 17:7; 23:19; Num. 7:16,22,28,34,40,46,52,58,64,70,76,82,87; 15:24; 28:15,22,30; 29:5,11,16,19,22,25,28,31,34,38; 2 Chr. 11:15; 29:23; Isa. 13:21; 34:14; Ezek. 43:22,25; 45:23; Dan. 8:21 Night monster (03917)(lilith) is a feminine noun that describes a creature known for its main activity at night. KJV translates it here as "screech owl." Jamieson adds "in Jewish superstition a female, elegantly dressed, that carried off children by night. The text does not assert the existence of such objects of superstition, but describes the place as one which superstition would people with such beings." Wikipedia on Lilith - Lilith (Hebrew: לִילִית Lîlîṯ) is a figure in Jewish mythology, developed earliest in the Babylonian Talmud (3rd to 5th centuries). Lilith is often envisioned as a dangerous demon of the night, who is sexually wanton, and who steals babies in the darkness The character is generally thought to derive in part from a historically far earlier class of female demons (lilītu) in ancient Mesopotamian religion, found in cuneiform texts of Sumer, the Akkadian Empire, Assyria, and Babylonia. Matthew
Isaías 34
Guzik - This remarkable statement tells us that Isaiah understood that his words were the words of the LORD. It also tells us that Isaiah meant that his prophecy should be understood literally—poetically, but literally. It also means that Isaiah clearly challenged doubters to “look it up” once the prophecy was fulfilled.. “After Edom has become a wasteland, men will take out the scroll and verify that Isaiah’s predictions came true.” (Wolf) This time of great tribulation is certainly coming upon the earth. This is beyond all doubt; our part isn’t to bring it or to prevent it, but simply to be ready, and to pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man (Luke 21:36). Isaiah 34:17 He has cast the lot for them, And His hand has divided it to them by line. They shall possess it forever; From generation to generation they will dwell in it. KJV Isaiah 34:17 And 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. He has cast the lot for them Joshua 18:8; Ps 78:55; Acts 13:19; 17:26 They shall possess it forever; From generation to generation they will dwell in it. Isaiah 34:10; 13:20-22 THE CREATURES MENTIONED WILL INHABIT EDOM FOREVER They shall possess it - They is the fauna and the flora described in the previous verses. Forever from generation to generation they will dwell in it - The fauna and flora will have a perpetual presence in this desolate land. This would not seem to apply to the New Heavens and New Earth, but only to the 1000 years of the Millennium. Matthew