Similarly, God punished the land of Idumea with fire that would "not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste...the owl and the raven shall dwell in it...thorns shall come up in her palaces" (Is. 34:9-15). Seeing that animals and plants were to exist in the ruined land of Idumea, the language of eternal fire must refer to God's anger and His total destruction of the place, rather than being taken literally.
Kama hivi, Mungu aliiadhibu nchi ya Edomu kwa moto ambao "Hautazimwa mchana wala usiku; moshi wake utapaa milele: tangu kizazi hadi kizazi itakuwa ukiwa; ….. bundi na kunguru watakaa huko ….. miiba itamea majumbani mwake " (Isa. 34:9 -15) Kwa kuwa wanyama na mimea walikuwa wawepo katika nchi iliyoharibiwa ya Edomu, Lugha ya moto wa milele inabidi iwe ni kutaja hasira ya Mungu na kuteketezwa kabisa sehemu yake, kuliko kuelewa kwa maneno halisi.