- "For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea...The sword of the Lord is filled with blood...for the Lord hath...a great slaughter in the land of Idumea" (Is.34:5,6). 'Heaven' is here equated with Idumea; the previous prophecy that "all the host of heaven shall be dissolved" (Is.34:4) therefore refers to the dissolution of Idumea.
"Maana upanga wangu umekunywa na kushiba mbinguni: tazama utashukia Edomu, … upanga wa BWANA umeshiba damu … maana BWANA …. machinjo makubwa katika nchi ya Edomu" (Isa. 34:5,6) hapa'Mbingu' zimelinganishwa na Edomu; Unabii uliotangulia kama jeshi lote la mbingu litafumliwa’ (Isa. 34:4) kwa hiyo inatajwa Edomu kufumuliwa.