Isaiah 34:5-8

New International Reader's Version

⁵ The sword of the Lord will finish its deadly work in the sky.
    Then it will come down to strike Edom.
    He will totally destroy that nation.
⁶ His sword will be red with blood.
    It will be covered with fat.
The blood will flow like the blood
    of lambs and goats being sacrificed.
The fat will be like the fat
    taken from the kidneys of rams.
That’s because the Lord will offer a sacrifice
    in the city of Bozrah.
    He will kill many people in the land of Edom.
⁷ The people and their leaders will be killed
    like wild oxen and young bulls.
Their land will be wet with their blood.
    The dust will be covered with their fat.

⁸ That’s because the Lord has set aside a day to pay Edom back.
    He has set aside a year to pay them back. He will pay them back for what they did to Zion.