Isaiah 34:2–8

²For the Lord is enraged against all the nations,

and furious against all their host;

he has ^wdevoted them to destruction,¹ has given them over for slaughter.

³Their slain shall be cast out,

and ^xthe stench of their corpses shall rise;

^ythe mountains shall flow with their blood.

^4zAll the host of heaven shall rot away,

and the skies roll up like a scroll.

All their host shall fall,

as leaves fall from the vine,

like leaves falling from the fig tree.

⁵For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;

behold, it descends for judgment upon ^aEdom,

upon the people ^bI have devoted to destruction.

⁶The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood;

it is gorged with fat,

with the blood of lambs and goats,

with the fat of the kidneys of rams.

^cFor the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,

a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

^7dWild oxen shall ^efall with them,

and ^fyoung steers with ^fthe mighty bulls.

Their land shall drink its fill of blood,

and their soil shall be gorged with fat.

^8gFor the Lord has a day of vengeance,

a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.