Isaiah 34:6-7

Isaiah 34:6-7

[6] The 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.  [7] And 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. 

What does Isaiah 34:6-7 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Using sacrificial imagery, the Lord will seek what is peculiarly His in judgment. He will take what He alone has a right to take. Sin is a matter of life and death. All sin must be atoned for with sacrificial blood (cf. Leviticus 4:1-12; Isaiah 53). Those who repudiate the sacrifice of Christ for their sins will forfeit their own lives as sacrifices to God. A sacrifice is necessary, therefore, third, if the demands of divine holiness are to be met. No rebel would be spared. Bozrah ("impenetrable," modern Buseirah), the capital of Edom, stood about25 miles south southeast of the Dead Sea.
"The sacrifice announced here is enormous. Not only lambs, goats, bull calves, and bulls are to be sacrificed, but also wild oxen ... which are otherwise never mentioned for sacrifice.... Wildberger (1343) understands the passage to picture a sacrifice greater than any that has ever been offered." [1]
"He who really takes offense at what is here related has no true conception of the heinous character of sinful rebellion against the Holy One of Israel." [2]