Jesaja 26:21
For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
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Study Note
The announcement — 'for behold, the LORD is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain' — presents divine judgment as a cosmological event in which the earth itself becomes a witness against human violence. The image of earth 'disclosing' (galah — uncovering, revealing) shed blood draws on the Abel narrative (Genesis 4:10 — 'your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground'), applying the cosmic accountability of all violent death to the eschatological reckoning. The verse belongs to the Isaiah Apocalypse (chapters 24-27) and its vision of universal cosmic judgment that precedes the final restoration. The principle that unpunished violence is not permanently concealed but will be disclosed at the divine reckoning is a significant theodicy claim in the face of apparent injustice.
Andere Übersetzungen
For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'
For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
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