1 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.
1 Draw near, (A)O nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples!(B)Let the earth and (a)all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.
1 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.
1 You nations, come here and listen;you peoples, pay attention!(A)Let the earth hear, and all that fills it,the world and all that comes from it.(B)
1 "Come near, you nations, to listen, and pay attention, you nations! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes out of it.
2 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.
2 For the Lord’s (C)indignation is against all the nations,And His wrath against all their armies;He has (b)(D)utterly destroyed them,He has given them over to (E)slaughter.
2 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.
2 The Lord is angry with all the nations—furious with all their armies.(C)He will set them apart for destruction,(D)giving them over to slaughter.
2 For the LORD is angry against all the nations, and furious against all their armies. He has doomed them to destruction, and given them up to be slaughtered.
3 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.
3 So their slain will be (F)thrown out,And their corpses (c)will give off their (G)stench,And the mountains will (d)be drenched with their (H)blood.
3 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.
3 Their slain will be thrown out,and the stench of their corpses will rise;(E)the mountains will flow(a) with their blood.(F)
3 Their slain will be thrown out; and as for their dead bodies their stench will ascend; the mountains will be soaked with their blood.
4 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.
4 And (I)all the host of heaven will (e)wear away,And the (J)sky will be rolled up like a scroll;All their hosts will also wither awayAs a leaf withers from the vine,Or as one withers from the fig tree.
4 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.
4 All(b) the heavenly bodies(G) will dissolve.The skies will roll up like a scroll,(H)and their stars will all witheras leaves wither on the vine,and foliage on the fig tree.(I)
4 The valleys will be split, all the stars in the heavens will fall down, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll. All their starry host will fade away like leaves withering on a vine, or fruit withering on a fig tree.
5 For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.
5 For (K)My sword is satiated in heaven,Behold it shall descend for judgment upon (L)EdomAnd upon the people whom I have (M)devoted to destruction.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
5 When My sword has drunk its fill(c)(J) in the heavens,it will then come down on Edom(K)and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
5 For my sword will be seen in the heavens. Look! It descends in judgment on Edom, on the people I have doomed to destruction.
6 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.
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,It is (f)sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,With the fat of the kidneys of rams.For the Lord has a sacrifice in (N)BozrahAnd a great slaughter in the land of (O)Edom.
6 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.
6 The Lord’s sword is covered with blood.It drips with fat,with the blood of lambs and goats,with the fat of the kidneys of rams.(L)For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,(M)a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
6 The LORD has a sword bathed in blood; it's covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, and with fat from the kidneys of rams." "For the LORD holds a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.
7 (P)Wild oxen will also (g)fall with themAnd (Q)young bulls with strong ones;Thus their land will be (R)soaked with blood,And their dust (h)become greasy with fat.
7 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.
7 The wild oxen will be struck(d) down with them,and young bulls with the mighty bulls.Their land will be soaked with(e) blood,and their soil will be saturated with fat.
7 Wild oxen will fall together with them young steers and mighty bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be swollen with fat.
9 And its streams will be turned into boiling oil, and its dust into burning stone, and all the land will be on fire.
9 (j)Its streams will be turned into pitch,And its loose earth into (T)brimstone,And its land will become burning pitch.
9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
9 Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,her soil into sulfur;(O)her land will become burning pitch.
9 Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
10 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.
10 It will (U)not be quenched night or day;Its (V)smoke will go up forever.From (W)generation to generation it will be desolate;(X)None will pass through it forever and ever.
10 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.
10 It will never go out—day or night.Its smoke will go up forever.(P)It will be desolate, from generation to generation;no one will pass through it forever and ever.(Q)
10 It will burn night and day, and will never be extinguished. Its smoke will rise from generation to generation, and it will lie desolate forever and ever. And no one will pass through it.
11 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.
11 But (k)(Y)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,And (l)owl and raven will dwell in it;And He will stretch over it the (Z)line of (m)desolationAnd the (n)plumb line of emptiness.
11 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.
11 The desert owl(f) and the screech owl(g) will possess it,and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.(R)The Lord will stretch out a measuring lineand a plumb line over herfor her destruction and chaos.(S)
11 "But hawks and hedgehogs will possess it; owls and ravens will nest in it. God will stretch out over it a measuring line, and chaos, and plumb lines of emptiness, and its nobles.
12 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.
12 Its nobles—there is (AA)no one thereWhom they may proclaim king—And all its princes will be (AB)nothing.
12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
12 No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,and all her princes will come to nothing.
12 They will name it "No Kingdom There," and all its princes will come to nothing.
13 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.
13 Thorns will come up in its (AC)fortified towers,Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;It will also be a haunt of (AD)jackalsAnd an abode of ostriches.
13 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.
13 Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.(T)She will become a dwelling for jackals,an abode(h) for ostriches.(U)
13 Thorns will grow over its palaces, nettles and brambles its fortresses. It will become a haunt for jackals, a home for ostriches.
14 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.
14 The desert (AE)creatures will meet with the (o)wolves,The (p)(AF)hairy goat also will cry to its kind;Yes, the (q)night monster will settle thereAnd will find herself a resting place.
14 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.
14 The desert creatures will meet hyenas,and one wild goat will call to another.Indeed, the screech owl will stay thereand will find a resting place for herself.
14 And desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and goat-demons will call out to each other. There also Liliths will settle, and find for themselves a resting place.
15 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.
15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,And it will hatch and gather them under its (r)protection.Yes, (AG)the (s)hawks will be gathered there,Every one with its kind.
15 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.
15 The sand partridge(i) will make her nest there;she will lay and hatch her eggsand will gather her brood under her shadow.Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,each with its mate.(V)
15 Owls will nest there, lay eggs, hatch them, and care for their young under the shadow of their wings; yes indeed, vultures will gather there, each one with its mate."
16 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.
16 Seek from the (AH)book of the Lord, and read:Not one of these will be missing;None will lack its mate.For (t)(AI)His mouth has commanded,And His Spirit has gathered them.
16 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.
16 Search and read the scroll of the Lord:(W)Not one of them will be missing,none will be lacking its mate,because He has ordered it by my(j) mouth,and He will gather them by His Spirit.
16 "Study and read from the book of the LORD: And not one will be missing, each will not long for its mate. For it is the mouth of the LORD that has issued the order, and it is his Spirit that has gathered them.
17 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.
17 He has cast the (AJ)lot for them,And His hand has divided it to them by (AK)line.They shall possess it forever;From (AL)generation to generation they will dwell in it.
17 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.
17 He has ordained a lot for them;His hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.They will possess it forever;(X)they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
17 It is he who has allotted their portions, and his hand has divided it for them with a measuring line forever. They will possess it forever; from generation to generation they will live in it."
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