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42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
    and my sword will devour flesh—
the blood of the slaughtered and the captives,
    and the heads of the enemy leaders.”’

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42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(A)
    while my sword devours flesh:(B)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

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23 I will heap disasters upon them
    and shoot them down with my arrows.

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10 For this is the day of the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    a day of vengeance on his enemies.
The sword will devour until it is satisfied,
    yes, until it is drunk with your blood!
The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will receive a sacrifice today
    in the north country beside the Euphrates River.

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10 But that day(A) belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
    a day of vengeance(B), for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour(C) till it is satisfied,
    till it has quenched its thirst with blood.(D)
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice(E)
    in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.(F)

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21 I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign Lord. Your men will turn their swords against each other. 22 I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur!

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21 I will summon a sword(A) against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.(B) 22 I will execute judgment(C) on him with plague and bloodshed;(D) I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones(E) and burning sulfur(F) on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.(G)

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As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, since you show no distaste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has come! I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return. I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your ravines will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword.

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therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will give you over to bloodshed(A) and it will pursue you.(B) Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste(C) and cut off from it all who come and go.(D) I will fill your mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines.(E)

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Yes, the Lord has vanquished Israel
    like an enemy.
He has destroyed her palaces
    and demolished her fortresses.
He has brought unending sorrow and tears
    upon beautiful Jerusalem.

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The Lord is like an enemy;(A)
    he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
    and destroyed her strongholds.(B)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation(C)
    for Daughter Judah.(D)

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14 “Shout it out in Egypt!
    Publish it in the cities of Migdol, Memphis,[a] and Tahpanhes!
Mobilize for battle,
    for the sword will devour everyone around you.

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Footnotes

  1. 46:14 Hebrew Noph; also in 46:19.

14 “Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
    proclaim it also in Memphis(A) and Tahpanhes:(B)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
    for the sword devours(C) those around you.’

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14 All your lovers—your allies—have left you
    and do not care about you anymore.
I have wounded you cruelly,
    as though I were your enemy.
For your sins are many,
    and your guilt is great.

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14 All your allies(A) have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy(B) would
    and punished you as would the cruel,(C)
because your guilt is so great
    and your sins(D) so many.

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10 “When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the Lord our God?’

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10 “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?’(A)

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23 You, my people, will wash[a] your feet in their blood,
    and even your dogs will get their share!”

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Footnotes

  1. 68:23 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads shatter.

23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,(A)
    while the tongues of your dogs(B) have their share.”

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Your arrows are sharp, piercing your enemies’ hearts.
    The nations fall beneath your feet.

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Let your sharp arrows(A) pierce the hearts(B) of the king’s enemies;(C)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.

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24 Why do you turn away from me?
    Why do you treat me as your enemy?

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24 Why do you hide your face(A)
    and consider me your enemy?(B)

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The sword of the Lord is drenched with blood
    and covered with fat—
with the blood of lambs and goats,
    with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice.
Yes, the Lord will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah.
    He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.
Even men as strong as wild oxen will die—
    the young men alongside the veterans.
The land will be soaked with blood
    and the soil enriched with fat.

For it is the day of the Lord’s revenge,
    the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 34:8 Hebrew to Zion.

The sword(A) of the Lord is bathed in blood,
    it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
    fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice(B) in Bozrah(C)
    and a great slaughter(D) in the land of Edom.
And the wild oxen(E) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.(F)
Their land will be drenched with blood,(G)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

For the Lord has a day(H) of vengeance,(I)
    a year of retribution,(J) to uphold Zion’s cause.

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