Isaiah 34:2–8

²The Lord is angry with all the nations—

furious with all their armies. ^k

He will set them apart for destruction, ^l

giving them over to slaughter.

³Their slain will be thrown out,

and the stench of their corpses will rise; ^m

the mountains will flow ⁿwith their blood. ^o

⁴All ^pthe heavenly bodies ^qwill dissolve.

The skies will roll up like a scroll, ^r

and their stars will all wither

as leaves wither on the vine,

and foliage on the fig tree. ^s

The Judgment of Edom

⁵When My sword has drunk its fill ^tuin the heavens,

it will then come down on Edom ^v

and on the people I have set apart for destruction.

⁶The 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. ^w

For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, ^x

a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

⁷The wild oxen will be struck ^ydown with them,

and young bulls with the mighty bulls.

Their land will be soaked with ^zblood,

and their soil will be saturated with fat.

⁸For the Lord has a day of vengeance, ^a

a time of paying back Edom

for its hostility against Zion.