KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 34:4
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
WEB World English Bible
All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
ASV American Standard Version
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading leaf from the fig-tree.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 34
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
6 The 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.
7 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.
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וְנָמַ֙קּוּ֙H4743 · ma.qaqto rotכָּל־H3605 · kolallצְבָ֣אH6635 · tsa.vaarmyהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenוְנָגֹ֥לּוּH1556 · ga.lalto rollכַסֵּ֖פֶרH5612 · se.pherscroll: documentהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenוְכָל־H3605 · kolallצְבָאָ֣םH6635 · tsa.vaarmyיִבּ֔וֹלH5034 · na.valbe senselessכִּנְבֹ֤לH5034 · na.valbe senselessעָלֶה֙H5929 · a.lehleafמִגֶּ֔פֶןH1612 · ge.phenvineוּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶתH5034 · na.valbe senselessמִתְּאֵנָֽה׃H8384 · te.e.nahfig
Cross-references
Revelation 6:13-14And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:Ezekiel 32:7-8And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.Joel 3:15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.Mark 13:24-25But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,2 Peter 3:7-12But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.Psalm 102:25-26Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.Revelation 8:12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.Joel 2:30-31And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.Jeremiah 4:23-24I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.Acts 2:19-20And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.Isaiah 14:12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
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