Dual Panel1Come near <07126>, you nations <01471>, and listen <08085>! Pay attention <07181>, you people <03816>! The earth <0776> and everything <04393> it contains must listen <08085>, the world <08398> and everything <03605> that lives <06631> in it.
2For <03588> the Lord <03068> is angry <07110> at <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471> and furious <02534> with <05921> all <03605> their armies <06635>. He will annihilate <02763> them and slaughter <02874> <05414> them.
3Their slain <02491> will be left <05927> unburied <07993>, their corpses <06297> will stink <0889>; the hills <02022> will soak up <04549> their blood <01818>.
4All <03605> the stars <06635> in the sky <08064> will fade away <04743>, the sky <08064> will roll up <01556> like a scroll <05612>; all <03605> its stars <06635> will wither <05034>, like a leaf <05929> withers <05034> and falls from a vine <01612> or a fig <08384> withers <05034> and falls from a tree.
5He says, “Indeed <03588>, my sword <02719> has slaughtered <07301> heavenly <08064> powers. Look <02009>, it now descends <03381> on <05921> Edom <0123>, on <05921> the people <05971> I will annihilate <02764> in judgment <04941>.”
6The Lord’s <03068> sword <02719> is dripping with <04390> blood <01818>, it is covered with fat <02459> <01878>; it drips with the blood <01818> of young rams <03733> and goats <06260> and is covered with the fat <02459> of rams <0352>’ kidneys <03629>. For <03588> the Lord <03068> is holding a sacrifice <02077> in Bozrah <01224>, a bloody <01419> slaughter <02874> in the land <0776> of Edom <0123>.
7Wild oxen <07214> will be slaughtered <03381> along with <05973> them, as well as strong <047> bulls <06499>. Their land <0776> is drenched <07301> with blood <01818>, their soil <06083> is covered with fat <01878>. fat <02459>.
8For <03588> the Lord <03068> has planned a day <03117> of revenge <05359>, a time <08141> when he will repay <07966> Edom for her hostility <07379> toward Zion <06726>.
9Edom’s streams <05158> will be turned <02015> into pitch <02203> and her soil <06083> into brimstone <01614>; her land <0776> will become <01961> burning <01197> pitch <02203>.
10Night <03915> and day <03119> it will burn <03518>; its smoke <06227> will ascend <05927> continually <05769>. Generation <01755> after generation <01755> it will be a wasteland <02717> and no <0369> one will ever <05331> pass through <05674> it again.
11Owls <03244> and wild animals <07090> will live <03423> there, all kinds of wild birds <06158> will settle in <07931> it. The Lord will stretch out <05186> over <05921> her the measuring line <06957> of ruin <08414> and the plumb line <068> of destruction <06893>.
12Her nobles <02715> will have nothing left <0369> to call <07121> a kingdom <04410> and all <03605> her officials <08269> will disappear <0657>.
13Her fortresses <0759> will be overgrown <05927> with thorns <05518>; thickets <02336> and weeds <07057> will grow in her fortified cities <04013>. Jackals <08577> will settle <02681> there; ostriches <03284> <01323> will live there.
14Wild animals <06728> and wild dogs <0338> will congregate <06298> there; wild goats <08163> will bleat <07121> to <05921> one another <07453>. Yes <0389>, nocturnal animals <03917> will rest <07280> there <08033> and make <04672> for themselves a nest <04494>.
15Owls <07091> will make nests <07077> and lay eggs <04422> there; they will hatch <01716> <01234> them and protect <06738> them. Yes, hawks <01772> will gather <06908> there <08033>, each with its mate <07468> <0802>.
16Carefully read <07121> the scroll <05612> of <05921> the Lord <03068>! Not <03808> one <0259> of these creatures <02007> will be missing <05737>, none <03808> <0802> will lack <06485> a mate <07468>. For <03588> the Lord <01931> has issued <06680> the decree, and <06310> his <01931> own spirit <07307> gathers <06908> them.
17He assigns <05307> them <01992> their allotment <01486>; he measures out <06957> their assigned <02505> place. They <01992> will live <03423> there permanently <05769>; they will settle <07931> in it through successive generations <01755> <01755>.