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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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
all her princes will vanish away.
all her princes will vanish away.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.