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Yahweh's Wrath Against the Nations

¹ Draw near, ^(C1)O nations, to hear; and pay attention, O peoples!
^(C2)Let the earth hear, as well as its fullness, the world and all that springs from it.

² For the ^(C1)indignation of Yahweh is against all the nations,
And His wrath against all their ^(F1)hosts;
He has ^(F2)(C2)devoted them to destruction;
He has given them over to ^(C3)slaughter.

³ So their slain will be ^(C1)cast out,
And their corpses ^(F1)will give off their ^(C2)stench,
And the mountains will ^(F2)be drenched with their ^(C3)blood.

⁴ And ^(C1)all the host of heaven will rot away,
And the ^(C2)sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.

⁵ For ^(C1)My sword is satiated in heaven;
Behold, it shall descend for judgment upon ^(C2)Edom
And upon the people whom I have ^(C3)devoted to destruction.

⁶ The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood;
It is ^(F1)sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For Yahweh has a sacrifice in ^(C1)Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of ^(C2)Edom.

^7 (C1)And wild oxen will also ^(F1)fall with them,
And ^(C2)young bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be ^(C3)soaked with blood,
And their dust ^(F2)become greasy with fat.

⁸ For Yahweh has a day of ^(C1)vengeance,
A year of recompense for the ^(F1)cause of Zion.

^9 (F1)And its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its dust into ^(C1)brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.

¹⁰ It will ^(C1)not be quenched night or day;
Its ^(C2)smoke will go up forever.
From ^(C3)generation to generation it will be laid waste;
^(C4)None will pass through it forever and ever.

¹¹ But ^(F1)(C1)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And ^(F2)owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the ^(C2)line of utter formlessness
And the ^(F3)plumb line of utter void.

¹² Its nobles—there is ^(C1)no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its princes will be ^(C2)non-existent.

¹³ And thorns will come up in its ^(C1)fortified towers,
Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of ^(C2)jackals
And an abode of ostriches.

¹⁴ And the desert ^(C1)creatures will meet with the ^(F1)wolves;
The ^(F2)(C1)hairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Surely, the ^(F3)night creature will obtain relief there
And will find itself a resting place.

¹⁵ The ^(F1)owl will make its nest and find its escape there,
And it will hatch its eggs and gather them in its shade.
Surely, ^(C1)the ^(F2)falcons will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.

¹⁶ Seek from the ^(C1)book of Yahweh, and read:

Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For ^(F1)(C2)His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.

¹⁷ He has cast the ^(C1)lot for them,
And His hand has divided it to them by ^(C2)line.
They shall possess it forever;
From ^(C3)generation to generation they will dwell in it.