Isaiah 34:9-10

Isaiah 34:9-10

[9] And the streams  thereof shall be turned  into pitch,  and the dust  thereof into brimstone,  and the land  thereof shall become burning  pitch.  [10] It shall not be quenched  night  nor day;  the smoke  thereof shall go up  for ever:  from generation  it shall lie waste;  none shall pass through  it for ever 

What does Isaiah 34:9-10 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The prophet described Edom"s overthrow in terms reminiscent of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (cf. Genesis 19:24-28; Deuteronomy 29:23; Psalm 11:6; Jeremiah 49:18; Revelation 14:10-11), which lay in the same general direction as Edom from Jerusalem. Edom"s actions brought on this destruction. The world"s end will be total, and its territory will be uninhabitable from then on ( Isaiah 66:24; Revelation 19:3; cf. Leviticus 6:13). The absence of specific references to Edom in Isaiah 34:9-17 helps the reader appreciate that a judgment far beyond that one nation"s future is in view. The only reason people will be able to inhabit the earth during the Millennium, following the Tribulation, is because God will renovate it (chs35; 40-66). Human sin affects humanity"s environment.