Isaiah 34:11

"It 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."

Key Reflection

This verse describes the perpetual destruction of a land, symbolizing the irreversible judgment of sin. The imagery of smoke rising "forever" conveys the enduring consequences of wickedness, suggesting that the repercussions of evil actions are timeless and relentless.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

But the cormorant -This and the following verses contain a description of the desolations of Edom in language remarkably similar to that employed in the account of the destruction of BabylonIsaiah 13:20-22;Isaiah 14:23. The word here translated ‘cormorant’ (קאתqâ'ath), occurs in this place and inZephaniah 2:14, where it is rendered ‘cormorant,’ and inLeviticus 11:18;Deuteronomy 14:17;Psalms 102:6, where it is rendered ‘pelican.’ Bochart supposes it is the ardea stellaris, or bitourn, which frequents watery places in deserts, and makes a horrible noise. The pelican is a sea-fowl, and cannot be intended here.

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