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.
The sword of the Lord 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 the Lord has a sacrifice in (D)Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of (E)Edom.
(F)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.
For the Lord has a day of (I)vengeance,
A year of recompense for the [d]cause of Zion.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:6 Lit made fat
  2. Isaiah 34:7 Lit go down
  3. Isaiah 34:7 Lit made fat
  4. Isaiah 34:8 Or controversy

God’s Vengeance on the Nations

63 Who is this who comes from (A)Edom,
With (B)garments of [a]glowing colors from (C)Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
[b]Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I who speak in righteousness, (D)mighty to save.”
Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like the one who (E)treads in the wine press?
(F)I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no man with Me.
I also (G)trod them in My anger
And (H)trampled them in My wrath;
And (I)their [c]lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I [d]stained all My raiment.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:1 Or crimson
  2. Isaiah 63:1 Lit Inclining
  3. Isaiah 63:3 Lit juice
  4. Isaiah 63:3 Lit defiled

“If (A)thieves came to you,
If [a]robbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only [b]until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
(B)Would they not leave some gleanings?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:5 Lit devastators of the night
  2. Obadiah 1:5 Lit their sufficiency