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Isaiah 34:7–8

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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.
For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
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From verse 7

  1. Numbers 23:22Rank 1 from verse 7
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    22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

  2. Psalms 68:30Rank 2 from verse 7
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    30Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

  3. Jeremiah 50:27Rank 3 from verse 7
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    27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

  4. Deuteronomy 33:17Rank 4 from verse 7
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    17His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

  5. Jeremiah 46:21Rank 5 from verse 7
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    21Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

From verse 8

  1. Isaiah 63:4Rank 1 from verse 8
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    4For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

  2. Isaiah 61:2Rank 2 from verse 8
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    2To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

  3. Isaiah 35:4Rank 3 from verse 8
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    4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

  4. Jeremiah 46:10Rank 4 from verse 8
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    10For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

  5. Psalms 94:1Rank 5 from verse 8
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    1O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

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Isaiah 34:7

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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fat

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1. The rich oily bodily substance of an animal. 2. Rich, fertile, abundant, prosperous, or flourishing. 3. Well-fed, plump, or full-bodied. 4. The richest or choicest part or produce of something. 5. Figuratively, dull, insensible, or hardened.

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fatness

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Sense 1: Richness, abundance, or fertility. Sense 2: Fullness of flesh or being well fed.

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Isaiah 34:8

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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34:6The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

34:7And 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.

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34:8For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

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34:9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

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