King James Version
Isaiah 34:3 in the King James Version says “Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melt...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.”
Isaiah 34:3 · KJV
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. all that: Heb. the fulness thereof
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.
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“also shall be cast out”
H7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
“out of their carcases”
H6297a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
“shall come up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“shall be melted”
H4549to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
“with their blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
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