⁶ The sword of the Lord
is covered with blood
    from lambs and goats,
together with fat
    from kidneys of rams.
This is because the Lord
    will slaughter many people
and make a sacrifice of them
    in the city of Bozrah
and everywhere else
    in Edom.
⁷ Edom's leaders are wild oxen.
They are powerful bulls,
    but they will die
    with the others.
Their country will be soaked
    with their own blood,
and its soil made fertile
    with their own fat.

⁸ The Lord has chosen
    the year and the day,
when he will take revenge
    and come to Zion's defense.
⁹ Edom's streams will turn into tar
    and its soil into sulfur—
then the whole country
    will go up in flames.
^10 (B) It will burn night and day
    and never stop smoking.
Edom will be a desert,
    generation after generation;
no one will ever travel
    through that land.
¹¹ Owls, hawks, and wild animals^[b]
    will make it their home.
God will leave it in ruins,
    merely a pile of rocks.

¹⁶ In The Book of the Lord^[d]
you can search and find
    where it is written,
“The Lord brought together
    all of his creatures
by the power of his Spirit.
    Not one is missing.”
¹⁷ The Lord has decided
    where they each should live;
they will be there forever,
    generation after generation.

“It's me, the Lord!
I have won the battle,
    and I can save you!”

² What are those red spots?
Your clothes look stained
    from trampling on grapes.^[b]

^3 (B) “I alone trampled the grapes!
    None of the nations helped.
I trampled nations in my anger
and stained my clothes
    with their blood.
⁴ I did this because I wanted
    to take revenge—
the time had come
    to rescue my people.
^5 (C) No one was there to help me
    or to give support;
my mighty arm won the battle,
    strengthened by my anger.
⁶ In my fury I trampled on nations
    and made them drunk;
their blood poured out
    everywhere on earth.”

² The Lord said to Edom:
I will make you the weakest
    and most despised nation.
³ You live in a mountain fortress,^[b]
    because your pride
makes you feel safe from attack,
    but you are mistaken.
⁴ I will still bring you down,
even if you fly higher
    than an eagle
or nest among the stars.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

⁵ If thieves break in at night,
they steal
    only what they want.
And people who harvest grapes
    always leave some unpicked.
But, Edom, you are doomed!
⁶ Everything you treasure most
    will be taken from you.
⁷ Your allies can't be trusted.
They will force you out
    of your own country.
And your best friends
will trick and trap you,
    even before you know it.

⁸ Edom, when this happens,
I, the Lord, will destroy
    all your marvelous wisdom.
⁹ Warriors from the city of Teman^[c]
    will be terrified,
and you descendants of Esau^[d]
    will be wiped out.

¹² Why did you celebrate
when such a dreadful disaster
    struck your relatives?
Why were you so pleased
when everyone in Judah
    was suffering?
¹³ They are my people,
    and you were cruel to them.
You went through their towns,
sneering and stealing
    whatever was left.
¹⁴ In their time of torment,
    you ambushed refugees
and handed them over
    to their attackers.