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Judgment on the Nations
Come near, you nations, to hear;
And heed, you people!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
The world and all things that come forth from it.
Come near, you nations, to hear;
And heed, you people!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
The world and all things that come forth from it.
Judgment Against the Nations
Come near, you nations, and listen;
pay attention, you peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
the world, and all that comes out of it!
Come near, you nations, and listen;
pay attention, you peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
the world, and all that comes out of it!
For the indignation of the Lord is against all nations,
And His fury against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to the slaughter.
And His fury against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to the slaughter.
Also their slain shall be thrown out;
Their stench shall rise from their corpses,
And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Their stench shall rise from their corpses,
And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Their slain will be thrown out,
their dead bodies will stink;
the mountains will be soaked with their blood.
their dead bodies will stink;
the mountains will be soaked with their blood.
All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
All their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as fruit falling from a fig tree.
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
All their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as fruit falling from a fig tree.
All the stars in the sky will be dissolved
and the heavens rolled up like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall
like withered leaves from the vine,
like shriveled figs from the fig tree.
and the heavens rolled up like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall
like withered leaves from the vine,
like shriveled figs from the fig tree.
“For My sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it shall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
Indeed it shall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
see, it descends in judgment on Edom,
the people I have totally destroyed.
see, it descends in judgment on Edom,
the people I have totally destroyed.
The sword of the Lord is bathed in blood,
it is covered with fat —
the blood of lambs and goats,
fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah
and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
it is covered with fat —
the blood of lambs and goats,
fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah
and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
And the wild oxen will fall with them,
the bull calves and the great bulls.
Their land will be drenched with blood,
and the dust will be soaked with fat.
the bull calves and the great bulls.
Their land will be drenched with blood,
and the dust will be soaked with fat.
For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.
a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.
Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her dust into burning sulfur;
her land will become blazing pitch!
her dust into burning sulfur;
her land will become blazing pitch!
It shall not be quenched night or day;
Its smoke shall ascend forever.
From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever.
Its smoke shall ascend forever.
From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever.
It will not be quenched night or day;
its smoke will rise forever.
From generation to generation it will lie desolate;
no one will ever pass through it again.
its smoke will rise forever.
From generation to generation it will lie desolate;
no one will ever pass through it again.
They shall call its nobles to the kingdom,
But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.
But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.
Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
all her princes will vanish away.
all her princes will vanish away.
And thorns shall come up in its palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.
Thorns will overrun her citadels,
nettles and brambles her strongholds.
She will become a haunt for jackals,
a home for owls.
nettles and brambles her strongholds.
She will become a haunt for jackals,
a home for owls.
Desert creatures will meet with hyenas,
and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures will also lie down
and find for themselves places of rest.
and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures will also lie down
and find for themselves places of rest.
There the arrow snake shall make her nest and lay eggs
And hatch, and gather them under her shadow;
There also shall the hawks be gathered,
Every one with her mate.
And hatch, and gather them under her shadow;
There also shall the hawks be gathered,
Every one with her mate.
The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
she will hatch them, and care for her young
under the shadow of her wings;
there also the falcons will gather,
each with its mate.
she will hatch them, and care for her young
under the shadow of her wings;
there also the falcons will gather,
each with its mate.
“Search from the book of the Lord, and read:
Not one of these shall fail;
Not one shall lack her mate.
For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them.
Not one of these shall fail;
Not one shall lack her mate.
For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them.
Look in the scroll of the Lord and read:
None of these will be missing,
not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth that has given the order,
and his Spirit will gather them together.
None of these will be missing,
not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth that has given the order,
and his Spirit will gather them together.
He has cast the lot for them,
And His hand has divided it among them with a measuring line.
They shall possess it forever;
From generation to generation they shall dwell in it.”
And His hand has divided it among them with a measuring line.
They shall possess it forever;
From generation to generation they shall dwell in it.”
He allots their portions;
his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
and dwell there from generation to generation.
his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
and dwell there from generation to generation.