⁵ My sword^(A) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,^(B)
    the people I have totally destroyed.^(C)
6 The sword^(D) 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^(E) in Bozrah^(F)
    and a great slaughter^(G) in the land of Edom.
⁷ And the wild oxen^(H) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.^(I)
Their land will be drenched with blood,^(J)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

⁸ For the Lord has a day^(K) of vengeance,^(L)
    a year of retribution,^(M) to uphold Zion’s cause.
⁹ Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;^(N)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
¹⁰ It will not be quenched^(O) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.^(P)
From generation to generation^(Q) it will lie desolate;^(R)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
¹¹ The desert owl^[a](S) and screech owl^[b] will possess it;
    the great owl^[c] and the raven^(T) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom^(U)
    the measuring line of chaos^(V)
    and the plumb line^(W) of desolation.