Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 34:16
book of the Lord—the volume in which the various prophecies and other parts of Scripture began henceforward to be collected together (Isaiah 30:8; Daniel 9:2).
Seek—(so Isaiah 8:16, Isaiah 8:20; John 5:39; John 7:52).
no one . . . fail—of these prophecies (Matthew 5:18).
none shall want . . . mate—image from pairing of animals mentioned, Isaiah 34:15 ("mate"); no prediction shall want a fulfilment as its companion. Or rather, "none of these wild animals (just spoken of) shall be wanting: none shall be without its mate" to pair and breed with, in desolate Idumea.
my . . . his—Such changes of person are frequent in Hebrew poetry.
them—the wild beasts.
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