Isaiah 34:1-8

New American Standard Bible 1995

34 Draw near, ^(A)O nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples!
^(B)Let the earth and ^[a]all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.
² For the Lord’s ^(C)indignation is against all the nations,
And His wrath against all their armies;
He has ^[b](D)utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to ^(E)slaughter.
³ So their slain will be ^(F)thrown out,
And their corpses ^[c]will give off their ^(G)stench,
And the mountains will ^[d]be drenched with their ^(H)blood.
⁴ And ^(I)all the host of heaven will ^[e]wear away,
And the ^(J)sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.
⁵ For ^(K)My sword is satiated in heaven,
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon ^(L)Edom
And upon the people whom I have ^(M)devoted to destruction.
⁶ The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is ^[f]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 ^(N)Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of ^(O)Edom.
^7 (P)Wild oxen will also ^[g]fall with them
And ^(Q)young bulls with strong ones;
Thus their land will be ^(R)soaked with blood,
And their dust ^[h]become greasy with fat.
⁸ For the Lord has a day of ^(S)vengeance,
A year of recompense for the ^[i]cause of Zion.