Isaiah 34 · Verse 10

Isaiah 34:10

It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Isaiah 34:10, King James Version

Isaiah 34:10 in other translations

BSBIt will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
WEBIt won’t be quenched night or day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever.
ASVIt shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
YLTBy night and by day she is not quenched, To the age go up doth her smoke, From generation to generation she is waste, For ever and ever, none is passing into her.
DARBYit shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
BBEIt will not be put out day or night; its smoke will go up for ever: it will be waste from generation to generation; no one will go through it for ever.
WebsterIt shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke of it shall ascend for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

What does Isaiah 34:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. It--The burning pitch, &c. (Is 34:9). smoke ... for ever--(Re 14:11; 18:18; 19:3). generation to generation--(Mal 1:4). none ... pass through--Edom's original offense was: they would not let Israel pass through their land in peace to Canaan: God recompenses them in kind, no traveller shall pass through Edom. Volney, the infidel, was forced to confirm the truth of this prophecy: "From the reports of the Arabs, southeast of the Dead Sea, within three days' journey are upwards of thirty ruined towns, absolutely deserted."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 34:9-17

Those who aim to ruin the church, can never do that, but will ruin themselves. What dismal changes sin can make! It turns a fruitful land into barrenness, a crowded city into a wilderness. Let us compare all we discover in the book of the Lord, with the dealings of providence around us, that we may be more diligent in seeking the kingdom of God and his righteousness. What the mouth of the Lord has commanded, his…

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Isaiah 34:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לַ֤יְלָהLay.lahnightH3915
וְיוֹמָם֙ve.yo.Mamand by dayH3119
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תִכְבֶּ֔הtikh.Behit will be extinguishedH3518
לְעוֹלָ֖םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
יַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.Lehit will go upH5927
עֲשָׁנָ֑הּ'a.sha.Nahsmoke itsH6227
מִדּ֤וֹרmi.Dorfrom generationH1755
לָדוֹר֙la.dOrto generationH1755
תֶּחֱרָ֔בte.che.Ravit will be desolateH2717
לְנֵ֣צַחle.Ne.tzachto perpetuity ofH5331
נְצָחִ֔יםne.tza.ChimperpetuitiesH5331
אֵ֥ין'einthere notH369
עֹבֵ֖ר'o.Ver[will be one who] passesH5674
בָּֽהּ\׃Bahin <the> it

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 34:10

  • Revelation 19:3

    And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

  • Isaiah 66:24

    And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

  • Malachi 1:3-4

    And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

  • Isaiah 13:20

    It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

  • Revelation 18:18

    And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

  • Isaiah 1:31

    And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

  • Revelation 14:10-11

    The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

  • Ezekiel 29:11

    No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

  • Mark 9:43-48

    And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. …

  • Ezekiel 20:47-48

    And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

  • Jeremiah 7:20

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

  • Isaiah 24:1

    Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall not.
1:31; 66:24; Jer 7:20; Eze 20:47,48; Mr 9:43-48
the smoke.
Re 14:10,11; 18:18; 19:3
from.
13:20; Eze 29:11; Mal 1:3,4

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Context

  • Isaiah 34:9

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

  • Isaiah 34:10

    It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

  • Isaiah 34:11

    But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

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Isaiah 34:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No se apagará de noche ni de día, perpetuamente subirá su humo: de generación en generación será asolada, nunca jamás pasará nadie por ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
ni jour ni nuit elle ne sera éteinte, sa fumée montera à toujours; – de génération en génération il sera désert; à tout jamais personne n’y passera;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Tag und Nacht erlischt es nicht, ewiglich steigt sein Rauch empor. Von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht liegt es verödet, für immer und ewig zieht niemand hindurch.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nocte et die non extinguetur, in sempiternum ascendet fumus ejus, a generatione in generationem desolabitur, in sæcula sæculorum non erit transiens per eam.