Isaiah 34:8

“For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.”

"For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion." - Isaiah 34:8
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What does Isaiah 34:8 mean?

Isaiah 34:8 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion." This verse is part of a larger passage in which the prophet Isaiah delivers a message of judgment and destruction upon…

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The Day of the Lord's Vengeance: A Call to Righteousness

The verse from Isaiah 34:8 states, "For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion." This message, while seemingly stark, carries profound implications for our understanding of God's justice, mercy, and the ultimate vindication…

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A Prayer for Justice and Restoration in Zion

O Sovereign Lord, the God of Hosts, we come before You today, echoing the profound truth of Isaiah 34:8, which declares, "For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion." As we reflect on this sacred scripture, we acknowledge…

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Isaiah 34:8 - "For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion."
Proverbs 8:34-36
Isaiah 10:34 - "And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one."
Isaiah 37:34 - "By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD."
Isaiah 34:12 - "They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing."
Isaiah 34:9 - "And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch."
Ezra 8:34 - "By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time."
Psalms 34:8 - "O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him."
Exodus 34:8 - "And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped."
1 Chronicles 8:34 - "And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah."
Isaiah 34:5 - "For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment."
Isaiah 34:13 - "And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls."
Isaiah 34:7 - "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."
Luke 8:34 - "When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country."
Isaiah 19:8
Isaiah 6:8
Isaiah 64:8
Leviticus 8:34 - "As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you."
Isaiah 34:11 - "¶ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness."
Isaiah 6:8
Proverbs 8:34 - "Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors."
Joshua 8:34 - "And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law."
Isaiah 34:1 - "Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it."
Isaiah 34:15 - "There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate."
Isaiah 34:2 - "For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter."
Isaiah 35:8-10
John 8:34 - "Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin."
Acts 8:34 - "And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?"
Deuteronomy 34:8 - "¶ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended."