Yahweh’s Wrath Against the Nations
Draw near, aO nations, to hear; and pay attention, O peoples!
bLet the earth hear, as well as its fullness, the world and all that springs from it.
2 For the aindignation of Yahweh is against all the nations,
And His wrath against all their hosts;
He has bdevoted them to destruction;
He has given them over to cslaughter.
3 So their slain will be acast out,
And their corpses will give off their bstench,
And the mountains will be drenched with their cblood.
4 And aall the host of heaven will rot away,
And the bsky 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 aMy sword is satiated in heaven;
Behold, it shall descend for judgment upon bEdom
And upon the people whom I have cdevoted to destruction.
6 The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood;
It is sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For Yahweh has a sacrifice in aBozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of bEdom.
7 aAnd wild oxen will also fall with them,
And byoung bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be csoaked with blood,
And their dust become greasy with fat.
8 For Yahweh has a day of avengeance,
A year of recompense for the cause of Zion.