Discovery BoxIsaiah 34:1 
ContextThe Lord Will Judge Edom
34:1 Come near, you nations, and listen!
Pay attention, you people!
The earth and everything it contains must listen,
the world and everything that lives in it. 1
Isaiah 38:20
Context38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, 2
and we will celebrate with music 3
for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” 4
1 tn Heb “the world and its offspring”; NASB “the world and all that springs from it.”
2 tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.
3 tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”
4 tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”
sn Note that vv. 21-22 have been placed between vv. 6-7, where they logically belong. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8.
