Come near, ye nations
, to hear
; and hearken
, ye people
: let the earth
hear
, and all that is therein
; the world
, and all things that come forth
of it.
For the indignation of the LORD
is upon all nations
, and his fury
upon all their armies
: he hath utterly destroyed
them, he hath delivered
them to the slaughter
.
Their slain also shall be cast out
, and their stink
shall come up
out of their carcases
, and the mountains
shall be melted
with their blood
.
And all the host of heaven
shall be dissolved
, and the heavens
shall be rolled together
as a scroll
: and all their host
shall fall down
, as the leaf
falleth off
from the vine
, and as a falling
fig from the fig tree
.
For my sword shall be bathed
in heaven
: behold, it shall come down
upon Idumea
, and upon the people
of my curse
, to judgment
.
The sword of the LORD
is filled
with blood
, it is made fat
with fatness
, and with the blood
of lambs
and goats
, with the fat
of the kidneys
of rams
: for the LORD
hath a sacrifice
in Bozrah
, and a great
slaughter
in the land
of Idumea
.
And the unicorns shall come down
with them, and the bullocks
with the bulls
; and their land
shall be soaked
with blood
, and their dust
made fat
with fatness
.
For it is the day of the LORD'S
vengeance
, and the year
of recompences
for the controversy
of Zion
.
And the streams thereof shall be turned
into pitch
, and the dust
thereof into brimstone
, and the land
thereof shall become burning
pitch
.
It shall not be quenched night
nor day
; the smoke
thereof shall go up
for ever
: from generation
to generation
it shall lie waste
; none shall pass through
it for ever
and ever
.
But the cormorant and the bittern
shall possess
it; the owl
also and the raven
shall dwell
in it: and he shall stretch out
upon it the line
of confusion
, and the stones
of emptiness
.
They shall call the nobles
thereof to the kingdom
, but none shall be there, and all her princes
shall be nothing
.
And thorns shall come up
in her palaces
, nettles
and brambles
in the fortresses
thereof: and it shall be an habitation
of dragons
, and a court
for owls
.
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet
with the wild beasts of the island
, and the satyr
shall cry
to his fellow
; the screech owl
also shall rest
there, and find
for herself a place of rest
.
There shall the great owl make her nest
, and lay
, and hatch
, and gather
under her shadow
: there shall the vultures
also be gathered
, every one
with her mate
.
Seek ye out of the book
of the LORD
, and read
: no one
of these
shall fail
, none
shall want
her mate
: for my mouth
it hath commanded
, and his spirit
it hath gathered
them.
And he hath cast the lot
for them, and his hand
hath divided
it unto them by line
: they shall possess
it for
ever
, from generation
to generation
shall they dwell
therein.