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Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

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The Language of Judgment

Commentators agree that the verse uses hyperbole—exaggerated language—to paint a picture of total and devastating judgment. Phrases like 'mountains shall be melted with their blood' are not literal but are meant to convey the immense scale of the slaughter and the inescapable nature of God's wrath against His enemies.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Isaiah 34:3

18th Century

Theologian

Their slain also shall be cast out - They would lie unburied. The slaughter would be so extensive, and the desolation would be so e…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Isaiah 34:3

16th Century

Theologian

Their slain shall be cast out. By this circumstance, he shows that it will be a great calamity. For if a few persons are slain, they are c…

John Gill

John Gill

On Isaiah 34:3

17th Century

Pastor

Their slain also shall be cast out Upon the open fields, and there lie unburied, and become meat for the fowls of heaven,…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Isaiah 34:1–8

17th Century

Minister

Here is a prophecy of the wars of the Lord, all of which are both righteous and successful. All nations are concerned. And as they have all had the…