Kniha proroka Izaiáša

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(CPDV - Anglický - Catholic PD)

Iz 34, 1-17

1 O nations and peoples: draw near, and listen, and pay attention! Let the earth and its fullness hear, the entire world and all its offspring. 2 For the indignation of the Lord is over all the nations, and his fury is over all their armies. He has put them to death, and he has given them over to slaughter. 3 Their slain will be cast out, and from their carcasses a foul odor will rise up. The mountains will languish because of their blood. 4 And the entire army of the heavens will languish, and the heavens will be folded like a book. And their entire army will fall away, as a leaf falls from the vine or from the fig tree. 5 “For my sword in heaven has been inebriated. Behold, it will descend upon Idumea, and upon the people of my slaughter, unto judgment.” 6 The sword of the Lord has been filled with blood. It has been thickened by the blood of lambs and he-goats, by the innermost blood of rams. For the victim of the Lord is in Bozrah, and a great slaughter is in the land of Edom. 7 And the single-horned beasts will descend with them, and the bulls along with the mighty. Their land will be inebriated by blood, and their ground by the fat of their lazy ones. 8 For this is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of retribution for the judgment of Zion. 9 And its torrents will be turned into tar, and its soil into sulfur. And its land will become burning tar. 412 10 Night and day, it will not be extinguished; its smoke will rise up without ceasing. From generation to generation it will remain desolate. No one will pass through it, forever and ever. 11 The pelican and the hedgehog will possess it. And the ibis and the raven will live in it. And a measuring line will be extended over it, so that it may be reduced to nothing, and a plumb line, unto desolation. 12 Its nobles will not be in that place. Instead, they will call upon the king, and all its leaders will be as nothing. 13 And thorns and nettles will rise up in its houses, and the thistle in its fortified places. And it will be the lair of serpents and the pasture of ostriches. 14 And demons and monsters will meet, and the hairy ones will cry out to one another. There, the ogress has lain down and found rest for herself. 15 In that place, the hedgehog has kept its den, and has raised its young, and has dug around them, and has kept them warm in its shadow. In that place, the birds of prey have joined together, one to another. 16 Search and read diligently in the book of the Lord. Not one of them was lacking; not one has sought for the other. For what has proceeded from my mouth, he has commanded, and his very Spirit has gathered them. 17 And he has cast lots over them. And his hand has distributed this to them by measure. They will possess it, even unto eternity. From generation to generation, they will dwell in it.

Verš 10

Night and day, it will not be extinguished; its smoke will rise up without ceasing. From generation to generation it will remain desolate. No one will pass through it, forever and ever.

Zjv 14:11 - And the smoke of their torments shall ascend forever and ever. And they shall have no rest, day or night, those who have worshiped the beast or his image, or who have received the character of his name.”

Zjv 19:3 - And again, they said: “Alleluia! For her smoke ascends forever and ever.”

Verš 11

The pelican and the hedgehog will possess it. And the ibis and the raven will live in it. And a measuring line will be extended over it, so that it may be reduced to nothing, and a plumb line, unto desolation.

Iz 13:21 - Instead, the wild beasts will rest there, and their houses will be filled with serpents, and ostriches will live there, and the hairy ones will leap about there.

Sof 2:14 - And flocks will lie down in its midst, all the beasts of the Gentiles. And the pelican and the hedgehog will stay at its threshold; the voice of the singing bird will be at the window, with the crow above its threshold, for I will diminish her strength.

Zjv 18:2 - And he cried out with strength, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. And she has become the habitation of demons, and the keepsake of every unclean spirit, and the possession of every unclean and hateful flying thing.

Verš 4

And the entire army of the heavens will languish, and the heavens will be folded like a book. And their entire army will fall away, as a leaf falls from the vine or from the fig tree.

Zjv 6:13 - And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, just as when a fig tree, shaken by a great wind, drops its immature figs.

Verš 6

The sword of the Lord has been filled with blood. It has been thickened by the blood of lambs and he-goats, by the innermost blood of rams. For the victim of the Lord is in Bozrah, and a great slaughter is in the land of Edom.

Iz 63:1 - Who is this, who arrives from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah? This is the Handsome One in his robe, advancing by the fullness of his strength. It is I, the Speaker of Justice, and I am the Fighter for Salvation.

Iz 34,1 - Hlavy 34 a 35 sú posledné hlavy prvej časti proroctiev Izaiášových; hl. 36 a 37 sú len historické dodatky, písané prózou. Predmetom hl. 34 je súd nad celým svetom. Hlavne sa spomína potrestanie Edomu, ktorý je tu predstaviteľom všetkých nepriateľov Božieho kráľovstva na zemi. Hl. 35 hovorí o konečnej spáse dobrých.

Iz 34,4 - Boh pri stvorení roztiahol, rozvinul nebeskú oblohu, pri súde ju zase zvinie ako knihu, pričom hviezdy (vojsko nebies) opršia z nej ako lístie zo stromu. – Knihy starých dôb boli zvitky; látka, na ktorej boli napísané, nakrútila sa na paličku ako dnešné rolety. Keď chceli čítať, rozvinuli knihu, po čítaní zas ju zvinuli. Písalo sa spravidla len na jednu, vnútornú stranu. Pozri však Ez 2,10.

Iz 34,5 - O Edomčanoch pozri pozn. k 16,1; porov. 21,11–12.

Iz 34,6 - Bozra, hlavné mesto Edomska, je asi dnešná Buseira južne od Mŕtveho mora. Iní ju stotožňujú s mestom Petra (16,1).

Iz 34,8 - Trest príde za to, čo nepriatelia popáchali proti Božiemu kráľovstvu na zemi, proti Sionu.

Iz 34,9 - Zničenie Edomska opisuje sa podobne ako spustošenie blízkej Sodomy a Gomory (Gn 19,24.25.28).

Iz 34,12 - Tento verš je neistý. Jeho zmysel je asi takýto: v edomskej krajine nebude viac bývať šľachta a kráľovstvo Edomčanov zaniklo.

Iz 34,14 - Na osamelých a spustošených miestach si ľudia predstavujú strigy a mátohy. Prorok ich v básnickom opísaní spomína len preto, aby čo najviac znázornil spustnutosť Edomu.

Iz 34,16 - Izraeliti si kedysi povrázkom rozmerali a žrebom rozdelili zasľúbenú zem. Podobne dal Boh rozličným zvieratám za údel krajinu Edomčanov. Pravda, i to je len básnické líčenie.