^{1 Ref} Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.

^{2 Ref} For the Lord is angry with all the nations, and his wrath is burning against all their armies: he has put them to the curse, he has given them to destruction.

^{3 Ref} Their dead bodies will be thick on the face of the earth, and their smell will come up, and the mountains will be flowing with their blood, and all the hills will come to nothing.

^{4 Ref} And the heavens will be rolled together like the roll of a book: and all their army will be gone, like a dead leaf from the vine, or a dry fruit from the fig-tree.

^{5 Ref} For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.

^{6 Ref} The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom.

^{7 Ref} And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.

^{8 Ref} For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

^{9 Ref} And its streams will be turned into boiling oil, and its dust into burning stone, and all the land will be on fire.

^{10 Ref} It will not be put out day or night; its smoke will go up for ever: it will be waste from generation to generation; no one will go through it for ever.

^{11 Ref} But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.

^{12 Ref} The jackals will be there, and her great ones will be gone; they will say, There is no longer a kingdom there, and all her chiefs will have come to an end.

^{13 Ref} And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches.

^{14 Ref} And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.

^{15 Ref} The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

^{16 Ref} See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.

^{17 Ref} And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.

^{1 Ref} Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

^{2 Ref} For Jehovah hath indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

^{3 Ref} Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

^{4 Ref} And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading `leaf' from the fig-tree.

^{5 Ref} For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

^{6 Ref} The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

^{7 Ref} And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

^{8 Ref} For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

^{9 Ref} And the streams of `Edom' shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

^{10 Ref} It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

^{11 Ref} But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.

^{12 Ref} They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

^{13 Ref} And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.

^{14 Ref} And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.

^{15 Ref} There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.

^{16 Ref} Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.

^{17 Ref} And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

^{1 Ref} Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, you peoples: let the earth hear, and the fullness of it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

^{2 Ref} For Yahweh has indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he has utterly destroyed them, he has delivered them to the slaughter.

^{3 Ref} Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

^{4 Ref} All the host of the sky shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fades from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig tree.

^{5 Ref} For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky: behold, it shall come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, to judgment.

^{6 Ref} The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

^{7 Ref} The wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bulls with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

^{8 Ref} For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

^{9 Ref} The streams of [Edom] shall be turned into pitch, and the dust of it into sulfur, and the land of it shall become burning pitch.

^{10 Ref} It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke of it shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever.

^{11 Ref} But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.

^{12 Ref} They shall call the nobles of it to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

^{13 Ref} Thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses of it; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.

^{14 Ref} The wild animals of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yes, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.

^{15 Ref} There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yes, there shall the kites be gathered, everyone with her mate.

^{16 Ref} Seek you out of the book of Yahweh, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it has commanded, and his Spirit, it has gathered them.

^{17 Ref} 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 shall they dwell therein.