64 lines
2.6 KiB
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64 lines
2.6 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 34
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1 Come here and listen, O nations of the earth.
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Let the world and everything in it hear my words.
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2 For the Lord is enraged against the nations.
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His fury is against all their armies.
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He will completely destroy them,
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dooming them to slaughter.
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3 Their dead will be left unburied,
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and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land.
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The mountains will flow with their blood.
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4 The heavens above will melt away
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and disappear like a rolled-up scroll.
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The stars will fall from the sky
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like withered leaves from a grapevine,
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or shriveled figs from a fig tree.
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5 And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens,
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it will fall upon Edom,
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the nation I have marked for destruction.
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6 The sword of the Lord is drenched with blood
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and covered with fat—
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with the blood of lambs and goats,
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with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice.
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Yes, the Lord will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah.
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He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.
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7 Even men as strong as wild oxen will die—
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the young men alongside the veterans.
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The land will be soaked with blood
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and the soil enriched with fat.
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8 For it is the day of the Lord’s revenge,
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the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel.
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9 The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch,
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and the ground will be covered with fire.
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10 This judgment on Edom will never end;
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the smoke of its burning will rise forever.
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The land will lie deserted from generation to generation.
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No one will live there anymore.
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11 It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl,
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the great owl and the raven.
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For God will measure that land carefully;
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he will measure it for chaos and destruction.
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12 It will be called the Land of Nothing,
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and all its nobles will soon be gone.
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13 Thorns will overrun its palaces;
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nettles and thistles will grow in its forts.
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The ruins will become a haunt for jackals
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and a home for owls.
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14 Desert animals will mingle there with hyenas,
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their howls filling the night.
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Wild goats will bleat at one another among the ruins,
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and night creatures will come there to rest.
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15 There the owl will make her nest and lay her eggs.
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She will hatch her young and cover them with her wings.
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And the buzzards will come,
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each one with its mate.
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16 Search the book of the Lord,
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and see what he will do.
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Not one of these birds and animals will be missing,
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and none will lack a mate,
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for the Lord has promised this.
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His Spirit will make it all come true.
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17 He has surveyed and divided the land
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and deeded it over to those creatures.
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They will possess it forever,
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from generation to generation. |