102 lines
2.6 KiB
Markdown
102 lines
2.6 KiB
Markdown
The Judgment of the Nations
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# Chapter 34
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1. You nations, come here and listen;
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you peoples, pay attention!
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Let the earth and all that fills it hear,
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the world and all that comes from it.
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2.
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The Lord is angry with all the nations,
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furious with all their armies.
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He will set them apart for destruction,
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giving them over to slaughter.
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3. Their slain will be thrown out,
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and the stench of their corpses will rise;
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the mountains will flow with their blood.
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4. All the stars in the sky will dissolve.
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The sky will roll up like a scroll,
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and its stars will all wither
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as leaves wither on the vine,
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and foliage on the fig tree.
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The Judgment of Edom
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5. When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens,
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it will then come down on Edom
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and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
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6.
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The Lord's sword is covered with blood.
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It drips with fat,
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with the blood of lambs and goats,
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with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
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For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
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a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
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7. The wild oxen will be struck down with them,
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and young bulls with the mighty bulls.
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Their land will be soaked with blood,
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and their soil will be saturated with fat.
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8.
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For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
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a time of paying back Edom
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for its hostility against Zion.
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9. Edom's streams will be turned into pitch,
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her soil into sulfur;
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her land will become burning pitch.
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10. It will never go out--day or night.
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Its smoke will go up forever.
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It will be desolate, from generation to generation;
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no one will pass through it forever and ever.
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11. Eagle owls and herons will possess it,
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and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there.
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The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
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and a plumb line over her
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for her destruction and chaos.
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12. No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,
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and all her princes will come to nothing.
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13. Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
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her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.
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She will become a dwelling for jackals,
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an abode for ostriches.
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14. The desert creatures will meet hyenas,
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and one wild goat will call to another.
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Indeed, the night birds will stay there
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and will find a resting place.
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15. Sand partridges will make their nests there;
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they will lay and hatch their eggs
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and will gather their broods under their shadows.
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Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,
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each with its mate.
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16. Search and read the scroll of the Lord:
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Not one of them will be missing,
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none will be lacking its mate,
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because he has ordered it by my mouth,
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and he will gather them by his Spirit.
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17. He has cast the lot for them;
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his hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.
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They will possess it forever;
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they will dwell in it
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from generation to generation.
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