Isaiah 34
The Lord's indignation and fury are upon all nations, and He has put them to death, giving them over to slaughter. The earth will languish and the heavens will be affected as a result of the bloodshed. The Lord's sword will descend upon Idumea and the people of His slaughter, bringing judgment and a great slaughter to the land of Edom. The land will be desolate, uninhabitable, and remain so forever, becoming a place for wild animals and a symbol of God's vengeance and retribution.
1O nations and peoples: draw near, and listen, and pay attention! Let the earth and its fullness hear, the entire world and all its offspring2For the indignation of the Lord is over all the nations, and his fury is over all their armies. He has put them to death, and he has given them over to slaughter3Their slain will be cast out, and from their carcasses a foul odor will rise up. The mountains will languish because of their blood4And the entire army of the heavens will languish, and the heavens will be folded like a book. And their entire army will fall away, as a leaf falls from the vine or from the fig tree5"For my sword in heaven has been inebriated. Behold, it will descend upon Idumea, and upon the people of my slaughter, unto judgment.6The sword of the Lord has been filled with blood. It has been thickened by the blood of lambs and he-goats, by the innermost blood of rams. For the victim of the Lord is in Bozrah, and a great slaughter is in the land of Edom7And the single-horned beasts will descend with them, and the bulls along with the mighty. Their land will be inebriated by blood, and their ground by the fat of their lazy ones8For this is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of retribution for the judgment of Zion9And its torrents will be turned into tar, and its soil into sulfur. And its land will become burning tar10Night and day, it will not be extinguished; its smoke will rise up without ceasing. From generation to generation it will remain desolate. No one will pass through it, forever and ever11The pelican and the hedgehog will possess it. And the ibis and the raven will live in it. And a measuring line will be extended over it, so that it may be reduced to nothing, and a plumb line, unto desolation12Its nobles will not be in that place. Instead, they will call upon the king, and all its leaders will be as nothing13And thorns and nettles will rise up in its houses, and the thistle in its fortified places. And it will be the lair of serpents and the pasture of ostriches14And demons and monsters will meet, and the hairy ones will cry out to one another. There, the ogress has lain down and found rest for herself15In that place, the hedgehog has kept its den, and has raised its young, and has dug around them, and has kept them warm in its shadow. In that place, the birds of prey have joined together, one to another16Search and read diligently in the book of the Lord. Not one of them was lacking; not one has sought for the other. For what has proceeded from my mouth, he has commanded, and his very Spirit has gathered them17And he has cast lots over them. And his hand has distributed this to them by measure. They will possess it, even unto eternity. From generation to generation, they will dwell in it
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