5 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. | |
6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It isf Lit made fatsated 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. | |
7 Wild oxen will alsog Lit go downfall with them And young bulls with strong ones; Thus their land will be soaked with blood, And their dusth Lit made fatbecome greasy with fat. | |
8 For the LORD has a day of vengeance, A year of recompense for thei Or controversycause of Zion. | |
9 j I.e. Edom’sIts streams will be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch. | |
10 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. | |
11 Butk Or owl or jackdawpelican and hedgehog will possess it, Andl Or great horned owlowl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the line ofm Or formlessnessdesolation And then Lit stones of voidplumb line of emptiness. | |
12 Its nobles—there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its princes will be nothing. | |
13 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. | |
14 The desert creatures will meet with theo Or howling creatureswolves, Thep Or demonhairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, theq Heb Lilithnight monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place. | |
15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there, And it will hatch and gather them under itsr Lit shadeprotection. Yes, thes Or kiteshawks will be gathered there, Every one with its kind. | |