1 Yahweh’s Wrath Against the Nations Draw near, O nations, to hear; and pay attention, O peoples!Let the earth hear, as well as its fullness, the world and all that springs from it.
2 For the indignation of Yahweh is against all the nations,AndHiswrath against all their 34:2Lit host hosts;He has 34:2Or put them under the ban devoted them to destruction;He has given them over to slaughter.
3 So their slain will be cast out,And their corpses 34:3Lit their stench will go up will give off their stench,And the mountains will 34:3Lit dissolve be drenched with their blood.
4 And all the host of heaven will rot away,And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;All their hosts will also wither awayAs a leaf withers from the vine,Or asonewithers from the fig tree.
5 For My sword is satiated in heaven;Behold, it shall descend for judgment upon EdomAnd upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction.
6 The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood;It is 34:6Lit made fat sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,With the fat of the kidneys of rams.For Yahweh has a sacrifice in BozrahAnd a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 And wild oxen will also 34:7Lit go down fall with them,And young bulls with strong ones;Thus their land will be soaked with blood,And their dust 34:7Lit made fat become greasy with fat.
8 For Yahweh has a day of vengeance,A year of recompense for the 34:8 Or controversy cause of Zion.
9 34:9Edom’s And its streams will be turned into pitch,And its dust 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 laid waste;None will pass through it forever and ever.
11 But 34:11 Or owl, jackdaw pelican and hedgehog will possess it,And 34:11 Or great horned owl owl and raven will dwell in it;And He will stretch over it the line ofutterformlessnessAnd the 34:11 Lit stones of void plumb line ofuttervoid.
12 Its nobles—there is no one thereWhomthey may proclaim king—And all its princes will be non-existent.
13 And thorns will come up in its fortified towers,Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;It will also be a haunt of jackalsAndan abode of ostriches.
14 And the desert creatures will meet with the 34:14Or howling creatures wolves;The 34:14Or goat demon hairy goat also will cry to its kind;Surely, the 34:14Heb Lilith night creature will obtain relief thereAnd will find itself a resting place.
15 The 34:15Or tree snake owl will make its nest and find its escape there,And it will hatchits eggsand gatherthemin its shade.Surely, the 34:15Or hawks falcons will be gathered there,Every one with its kind.
16 Seek from the book of Yahweh, and read:Not one of these will be missing;None will lack its mate.For 34:16 As in DSS; M.T. My His mouth has commanded,And His Spirit has gathered them.
17 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 they will dwell in it.