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God’s Wrath against Nations
Draw near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples!
Let the earth and all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.
Draw near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples!
Let the earth and all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.
A Message for the Nations
Come here and listen, O nations of the earth.
Let the world and everything in it hear my words.
Come here and listen, O nations of the earth.
Let the world and everything in it hear my words.
For the LORD’S indignation is against all the nations,
And His wrath against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to slaughter.
And His wrath against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to slaughter.
So their slain will be thrown out,
And their corpses will give off their stench,
And the mountains will be drenched with their blood.
And their corpses will give off their stench,
And the mountains will be drenched with their blood.
Their dead will be left unburied,
and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land.
The mountains will flow with their blood.
and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land.
The mountains will flow with their blood.
And all the host of heaven will wear away,
And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.
And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.
The heavens above will melt away
and disappear like a rolled-up scroll.
The stars will fall from the sky
like withered leaves from a grapevine,
or shriveled figs from a fig tree.
and disappear like a rolled-up scroll.
The stars will fall from the sky
like withered leaves from a grapevine,
or shriveled figs from a fig tree.
For My sword is satiated in heaven,
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon Edom
And upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction.
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon Edom
And upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction.
And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens,
it will fall upon Edom,
the nation I have marked for destruction.
it will fall upon Edom,
the nation I have marked for destruction.
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood,
It is sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
It is sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
The sword of the LORD is drenched with blood
and covered with fat —
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice.
Yes, the LORD will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah.
He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.
and covered with fat —
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice.
Yes, the LORD will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah.
He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.
Wild oxen will also fall with them
And young bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be soaked with blood,
And their dust become greasy with fat.
And young bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be soaked with blood,
And their dust become greasy with fat.
Even men as strong as wild oxen will die —
the young men alongside the veterans.
The land will be soaked with blood
and the soil enriched with fat.
the young men alongside the veterans.
The land will be soaked with blood
and the soil enriched with fat.
For the LORD has a day of vengeance,
A year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
A year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
And its loose earth into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch,
and the ground will be covered with fire.
and the ground will be covered with fire.
It will not be quenched night or day;
Its smoke will go up forever.
From generation to generation it will be desolate;
None will pass through it forever and ever.
Its smoke will go up forever.
From generation to generation it will be desolate;
None will pass through it forever and ever.
This judgment on Edom will never end;
the smoke of its burning will rise forever.
The land will lie deserted from generation to generation.
No one will live there anymore.
the smoke of its burning will rise forever.
The land will lie deserted from generation to generation.
No one will live there anymore.
But pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the line of desolation
And the plumb line of emptiness.
And owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the line of desolation
And the plumb line of emptiness.
Its nobles — there is no one there
Whom they may proclaim king —
And all its princes will be nothing.
Whom they may proclaim king —
And all its princes will be nothing.
Thorns will come up in its fortified towers,
Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of jackals
And an abode of ostriches.
Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of jackals
And an abode of ostriches.
Thorns will overrun its palaces;
nettles and thistles will grow in its forts.
The ruins will become a haunt for jackals
and a home for owls.
nettles and thistles will grow in its forts.
The ruins will become a haunt for jackals
and a home for owls.
The desert creatures will meet with the wolves,
The hairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Yes, the night monster will settle there
And will find herself a resting place.
The hairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Yes, the night monster will settle there
And will find herself a resting place.
The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,
And it will hatch and gather them under its protection.
Yes, the hawks will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.
And it will hatch and gather them under its protection.
Yes, the hawks will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.
There the owl will make her nest and lay her eggs.
She will hatch her young and cover them with her wings.
And the buzzards will come,
each one with its mate.
She will hatch her young and cover them with her wings.
And the buzzards will come,
each one with its mate.
Seek from the book of the LORD, and read:
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.
Search the book of the LORD,
and see what he will do.
Not one of these birds and animals will be missing,
and none will lack a mate,
for the LORD has promised this.
His Spirit will make it all come true.
and see what he will do.
Not one of these birds and animals will be missing,
and none will lack a mate,
for the LORD has promised this.
His Spirit will make it all come true.
He has cast the lot for them,
And His hand has divided it to them by line.
They shall possess it forever;
From generation to generation they will dwell in it.
And His hand has divided it to them by line.
They shall possess it forever;
From generation to generation they will dwell in it.
He has surveyed and divided the land
and deeded it over to those creatures.
They will possess it forever,
from generation to generation.
and deeded it over to those creatures.
They will possess it forever,
from generation to generation.