Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 34:6
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Isaiah34:6
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.
Shall drink its fill of Blood. The Metaphor is here taken from a great Glutton or Drunkard, who is almost infatiable with Meat and Drink.
By Lambs, and Goats, and Rams, He means People of all ranks and conditions, high and low, rich and poor.
So he calleth this bloody Work, because it was done by God's Command, and for His Honour; and therefore was a Service acceptable to him.
A chief City of Edom, Isa. 63. 1. Ier. 49. 13. and a Type of those Cities which should be most opposite and mischievous to God's People.
Marginal references: Zeph. 1. 7.
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