^{1 Ref} Come near, ye nations, to hear, And ye peoples, give attention, Hear doth the earth and its fulness, The world, and all its productions.

^{2 Ref} For wrath `is' to Jehovah against all the nations, And fury against all their host, He hath devoted them to destruction, He hath given them to slaughter.

^{3 Ref} And their wounded are cast out, And their carcases cause their stench to ascend, And melted have been mountains from their blood.

^{4 Ref} And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree.

^{5 Ref} For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.

^{6 Ref} A sword `is' to Jehovah -- it hath been full of blood, It hath been made fat with fatness, With blood of lambs and he-goats. With fat of kidneys of rams, For a sacrifice `is' to Jehovah in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

^{7 Ref} And come down have reems with them, And bullocks with bulls, And soaked hath been their land from blood, And their dust from fatness is made fat.

^{8 Ref} (For a day of vengeance `is' to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife,)

^{9 Ref} And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.

^{10 Ref} By night and by day she is not quenched, To the age go up doth her smoke, From generation to generation she is waste, For ever and ever, none is passing into her.

^{11 Ref} And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.

^{12 Ref} `To' the kingdom her freemen they call, But there are none there, And all her princes are at an end.

^{13 Ref} And gone up her palaces have thorns, Nettle and bramble `are' in her fortresses, And it hath been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich.

^{14 Ref} And met have Ziim with Aiim, And the goat for its companion calleth, Only there rested hath the night-owl, And hath found for herself a place of rest.

^{15 Ref} There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.

^{16 Ref} Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth -- it hath commanded, And His spirit -- He hath gathered them.

^{17 Ref} And He hath cast for them a lot, And His hand hath apportioned `it' to them by line, Unto the age they possess it, To all generations they dwell in it!

^{1 Ref} Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

^{2 Ref} For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

^{3 Ref} Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, 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 fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

^{5 Ref} For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

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

^{7 Ref} And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

^{8 Ref} For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

^{9 Ref} And the streams thereof 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 cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

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

^{13 Ref} And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

^{14 Ref} The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

^{15 Ref} There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

^{16 Ref} Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, 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, 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.