1 C ome near, you nations, to hear! Listen, you peoples. Let the earth and all it contains hear; the world, and everything that comes from it.

Come near, you nations, to hear; and hearken, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

2 F or Yahweh is enraged against all the nations, and angry with all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them over for slaughter.

For the Lord is indignant against all nations, and His wrath is against all their host. He has utterly doomed them, He has given them over to slaughter.

3 T heir slain will also be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies will come up; and the mountains will melt in their blood.

Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall rise, and the mountains shall flow with their blood.

4 A ll of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.

All the host of the heavens shall be dissolved and crumble away, and the skies shall be rolled together like a scroll; and all their host shall drop like a faded leaf from the vine, and like a withered fig from the fig tree.

5 F or my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.

Because My sword has been bathed and equipped in heaven, behold, it shall come down upon Edom, upon the people whom I have doomed for judgment.

6 Y ahweh’s sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, 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.

The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is gorged and greased with fatness—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 T he wild oxen will come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drunken with blood, and their dust made greasy with fat.

And the wild oxen shall fall with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be drunk and soaked with blood, and their dust made rich with fatness.

8 F or Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense, for the cause of Zion.

9 I ts streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.

And the streams will be turned into pitch and its dust into brimstone, and its land will become burning pitch.

10 I t won’t be quenched night nor day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever.

shall not be quenched night or day; its smoke shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever.

11 B ut the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.

But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it; the owl and the bittern and the raven will dwell in it. And He will stretch over it the measuring line of confusion and the plummet stones of chaos.

12 T hey shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

They shall call its nobles to proclaim the kingdom, but nothing shall be there, and all its princes shall be no more.

13 T horns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.

And thorns shall come up in its palaces and strongholds, nettles and brambles in its fortresses; and it shall be a habitation for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

14 T he wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. Yes, the night creature shall settle there, and shall find herself a place of rest.

And the wild beasts of the desert will meet here with howling creatures and the wild goat will call to his fellow; the night monster will settle there and find a place of rest.

15 T he arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade. Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate.

There shall the arrow snake make her nest and lay her eggs and hatch them and gather her young under her shade; there shall the kites be gathered every one with its mate.

16 S earch in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. none will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

Seek out of the book of the Lord and read: not one of these shall fail, none shall want and lack her mate. For the mouth has commanded, and His Spirit has gathered them.

17 H e has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has portioned to by measuring line. They shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.