Isaiah 34:8

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“For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.”

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BSBPD

“For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“(For a day of vengeance <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife,)”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 34:8 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
  2. Deuteronomy 32:41when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
  3. Psalms 94:1O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
  4. Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
  5. Isaiah 13:9Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
  6. Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
  7. Isaiah 35:4Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
  8. Isaiah 49:26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
  9. Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
  10. Isaiah 61:2to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
  11. Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
  12. Jeremiah 46:10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
  13. Micah 6:1Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
  14. Luke 18:7Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
  15. Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
  16. Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
  17. 2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
  18. Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
  19. Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
  20. Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

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