Isaiah 34:5–11
5 My swordt has drunk its fill in the heavens;
see, it descends in judgment on Edom,u
the people I have totally destroyed.v
6 The swordw of the Lord is bathed in blood,
it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrificex in Bozrahy
and a great slaughterz in the land of Edom.
7 And the wild oxena will fall with them,
the bull calves and the great bulls.b
Their land will be drenched with blood,c
and the dust will be soaked with fat.
8 For the Lord has a dayd of vengeance,e
a year of retribution,f to uphold Zion’s cause.
9 Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her dust into burning sulfur;g
her land will become blazing pitch!
10 It will not be quenchedh night or day;
its smoke will rise forever.i
From generation to generationj it will lie desolate;k
no one will ever pass through it again.
11 The desert owlb l and screech owlc will possess it;
the great owld and the ravenm will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edomn
the measuring line of chaoso
and the plumb linep of desolation.