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34 Kayo'y magsilapit, kayong mga bansa, upang mangakinig; at dinggin ninyo, ninyong mga bayan: dinggin ng lupa at ng buong narito; ng sanglibutan, at ng lahat na bagay na nagsisilitaw rito.

Sapagka't ang Panginoon ay may galit laban sa lahat na bansa, at pusok ng loob laban sa lahat nilang hukbo: kaniyang lubos na nilipol sila, kaniyang ibinigay sila sa patayan.

Ang kanilang patay naman ay matatapon, at ang baho ng kanilang mga bangkay ay aalingasaw, at ang mga bundok ay tutunawin ng kanilang dugo.

At ang lahat na natatanaw sa langit ay malilipol, at ang langit ay mababalumbong parang isang ikid: at ang buo nilang hukbo ay mawawala na parang dahong nalalanta sa puno ng ubas, at gaya ng lantang dahon ng puno ng igos.

Sapagka't ang aking tabak ay nalango sa langit: narito, yao'y bababa sa Edom, at sa bayan ng aking sumpa, sa kahatulan.

Ang tabak ng Panginoon ay napuno ng dugo, tumaba ng katabaan, sa dugo ng mga kordero at ng mga kambing, sa taba ng mga bato ng mga lalaking tupa: sapagka't may hain sa Panginoon sa Bosra, at may malaking patayan sa lupain ng Edom.

At ang mga mailap na baka ay magsisibabang kasama nila at ang mga baka na kasama ng mga toro, at ang kanilang lupain ay malalango ng dugo, at ang kanilang alabok ay tataba ng katabaan.

Sapagka't kaarawan ng panghihiganti ng Panginoon, na taon ng kagantihan sa pagaaway sa Sion.

At ang mga batis niya ay magiging sahing, at ang alabok niya ay azufre, at ang lupain niya ay magiging nagniningas na sahing.

10 Hindi mapapatay sa gabi o sa araw man; ang usok niyaon ay iilanglang magpakailan man: sa buong panahon ay malalagay na sira; walang daraan doon magpakailankailan man.

11 Kundi aariin ng ibong pelikano at ng hayop na erizo; at ang kuwago at ang uwak ay magsisitahan doon: at kaniyang iuunat doon ang panukat na pising panglito, at ang pabatong pangpawala ng tao.

12 Kanilang tatawagin ang mga mahal na tao niyaon sa kaharian, nguni't mawawalan doon; at lahat niyang mga pangulo ay magiging parang wala.

13 At mga tinikan ay tutubo sa kaniyang mga palacio, mga kilitis at mga lipay ay sa mga kuta niyaon: at magiging tahanan ng mga chakal, looban ng mga avestruz.

14 At ang mga mailap na hayop sa ilang ay makikipagsalubong doon sa mga lobo, at ang lalaking kambing ay hihiyaw sa kaniyang kasama; oo, ang malaking kuwago ay tatahan doon, at makakasumpong siya ng dakong pahingahan.

15 Doon maglulungga ang maliksing ahas, at mangingitlog, at mangapipisa, at aampunin sa ilalim ng kaniyang lilim; oo, doon magpipisan ang mga lawin, bawa't isa'y kasama ng kaniyang kasamahan.

16 Inyong saliksikin sa aklat ng Panginoon, at inyong basahin: kahit isa sa mga ito ay hindi magkukulang, walang mangangailangan ng kaniyang kasama; sapagka't iniutos ng aking bibig, at pinisan sila ng kaniyang Espiritu.

17 At kaniyang pinagsapalaran, at binahagi ng kaniyang kamay sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng pising panukat: kanilang aariin magpakailan man, sa sali't saling lahi ay tatahan sila roon.

The Judgement of the Nations

34 You nations, come here and listen;
you peoples, pay attention!(A)
Let the earth and all that fills it hear,
the world and all that comes from it.(B)
The Lord is angry with all the nations,
furious with all their armies.(C)
He will set them apart for destruction,(D)
giving them over to slaughter.
Their slain will be thrown out,
and the stench of their corpses will rise;(E)
the mountains will flow[a] with their blood.(F)
All[b] the stars in the sky(G) will dissolve.
The sky will roll up like a scroll,(H)
and its stars will all wither
as leaves wither on the vine,
and foliage on the fig tree.(I)

The Judgement of Edom

When my sword has drunk its fill[c](J) in the heavens,
it will then come down on Edom(K)
and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
The Lord’s sword is covered with blood.
It drips with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.(L)
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,(M)
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
The wild oxen will be struck[d] down with them,
and young bulls with the mighty bulls.
Their land will be soaked with[e] blood,
and their soil will be saturated with fat.

For the Lord has a day of vengeance,(N)
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her soil into sulphur;(O)
her land will become burning pitch.
10 It will never go out – day or night.
Its smoke will go up for ever.(P)
It will be desolate, from generation to generation;
no one will pass through it for ever and ever.(Q)
11 Eagle owls[f] and herons[g] will possess it,
and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there.(R)
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line(S) over her
for her destruction and chaos.(T)
12 No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,
and all her princes will come to nothing.
13 Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briars.(U)
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode[h] for ostriches.(V)
14 The desert creatures will meet hyenas,
and one wild goat will call to another.
Indeed, the night birds will stay there
and will find a resting place.
15 Sand partridges[i] will make their nests there;
they will lay and hatch their eggs
and will gather their broods under their shadows.
Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,
each with its mate.(W)
16 Search and read the scroll of the Lord:(X)
Not one of them will be missing,
none will be lacking its mate,
because he has ordered it by my[j] mouth,
and he will gather them by his Spirit.
17 He has cast the lot for them;
his hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.
They will possess it for ever;(Y)
they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

Footnotes

  1. 34:3 Or melt, or dissolve
  2. 34:4 DSS read And the valleys will be split, and all
  3. 34:5 DSS read sword will appear
  4. 34:7 Or will go
  5. 34:7 Or will drink its fill of
  6. 34:11 Or Pelicans
  7. 34:11 Or hedgehogs
  8. 34:13 DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads jackals, grass
  9. 34:15 Or Arrow snakes, or Owls
  10. 34:16 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, DSS, Syr, Tg read his

34 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

16 Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Judgment on the Nations

34 Come (A)near, you nations, to hear;
And heed, you people!
(B)Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
The world and all things that come forth from it.
For the indignation of the Lord is against all nations,
And His fury against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to the (C)slaughter.
Also their slain shall be thrown out;
(D)Their stench shall rise from their corpses,
And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
(E)All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
(F)All their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as (G)fruit falling from a fig tree.

“For (H)My sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it (I)shall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
The (J)sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is made [a]overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For (K)the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
The wild oxen shall come down with them,
And the young bulls with the mighty bulls;
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
And their dust [b]saturated with fatness.”

For it is the day of the Lord’s (L)vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
(M)Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night or day;
(N)Its smoke shall ascend forever.
(O)From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever.
11 (P)But the [c]pelican and the [d]porcupine shall possess it,
Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
And (Q)He shall stretch out over it
The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
12 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom,
But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.

13 And (R)thorns shall come up in its palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
(S)It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the [e]jackals,
And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion;
Also [f]the night creature shall rest there,
And find for herself a place of rest.
15 There the arrow snake shall make her nest and lay eggs
And hatch, and gather them under her shadow;
There also shall the hawks be gathered,
Every one with her mate.

16 “Search from (T)the book of the Lord, and read:
Not one of these shall fail;
Not one shall lack her mate.
For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them.
17 He has cast the lot for them,
And His hand has divided it among them with a measuring line.
They shall possess it forever;
From generation to generation they shall dwell in it.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:6 Lit. fat
  2. Isaiah 34:7 Lit. made fat
  3. Isaiah 34:11 Or owl
  4. Isaiah 34:11 Or hedgehog
  5. Isaiah 34:14 Lit. howling creatures
  6. Isaiah 34:14 Heb. lilith