Isaiah 34

Isaiah 34:3-6

The mountains shall run down with large streams of the blood of slain persons. Dreadful shall be the confusion, desolation, and consternation, every where; for my purposed judgments shall be executed upon mine enemies, whom I have devoted to destruction, and persons of all ranks shall fall a sacrifice to my avenging justice. 11, 12. God shall mark them out for destruction as with a line and plummet; and none shall be able to govern or help them. 16, 17. In the exact fulfilment of this prophecy, shall the Spirit, power, and providence, of God, collect together, and preserve a succession of, these doleful creatures, in these perpetually desolate habitations of wickedness

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XXXIV—It is proper that sinners should listen to God’s threatenings, as he can quickly make them feel what they are averse to hear. Terrible, but righteous, are the judgments which he inflicts, especially upon them who injure his people. And he can easily unite the curses of Sodom and Babylon upon such as refuse to take warning by their fate. It is madness to fix our hearts on earthly things, when their end may quickly be so miserable. And let us here seriously consider how dreadful sin must be, the cause of all judgments,—and hell, the perfection of them