⁵ For ^(A)My sword is satiated in heaven;
Behold, it shall descend for judgment upon ^(B)Edom
And upon the people whom I have ^(C)devoted to destruction.
⁶ The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood;
It is ^[a]sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For Yahweh has a sacrifice in ^(D)Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of ^(E)Edom.
^7 (F)And wild oxen will also ^[b]fall with them,
And ^(G)young bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be ^(H)soaked with blood,
And their dust ^[c]become greasy with fat.
⁸ For Yahweh has a day of ^(I)vengeance,
A year of recompense for the ^[d]cause of Zion.
^9 [e]And its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its dust into ^(J)brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
¹⁰ It will ^(K)not be quenched night or day;
Its ^(L)smoke will go up forever.
From ^(M)generation to generation it will be laid waste;
^(N)None will pass through it forever and ever.
¹¹ But ^[f](O)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And ^[g]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the ^(P)line of utter formlessness
And the ^[h]plumb line of utter void.
¹² Its nobles—there is ^(Q)no one there
Whom they may proclaim king—
And all its princes will be ^(R)non-existent.
¹³ And thorns will come up in its ^(S)fortified towers,
Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of ^(T)jackals
And an abode of ostriches.
¹⁴ And the desert ^(U)creatures will meet with the ^[i]wolves;
The ^[j](V)hairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Surely, the ^[k]night creature will obtain relief there
And will find itself a resting place.
¹⁵ The ^[l]owl will make its nest and find its escape there,
And it will hatch its eggs and gather them in its shade.
Surely, ^(W)the ^[m]falcons will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.

⁷ Concerning ^(A)Edom.
Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“Is there no longer any ^(B)wisdom in ^(C)Teman?
Has counsel been lost to the understanding?
Has their wisdom decayed?
⁸ Flee away, turn back, inhabit the depths,
O inhabitants of ^(D)Dedan,
For I ^[a]will bring the ^(E)disaster of Esau upon him
At the time I ^[b]punish him.
^9 (F)If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not have gleanings remain?
If thieves came by night,
They would ruin only ^[c]until they had enough.
¹⁰ But I have ^(G)stripped Esau bare;
I have uncovered his hiding places,
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His seed has been destroyed along with his ^[d]relatives
And his neighbors, and ^(H)he is no more.
¹¹ Leave your ^[e](I)orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your ^(J)widows trust in Me.”

¹⁴ I have ^(P)heard a message from Yahweh,
And an ^(Q)envoy is sent among the nations, saying,
“^(R)Gather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”
¹⁵ “For behold, I have made you small among the nations,
Despised among men.
¹⁶ As for the terror of you,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who dwell in the clefts of ^[g]the ^(S)rock,
Who seize the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as ^(T)high as an eagle’s,
I will ^(U)bring you down from there,” declares Yahweh.