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| [1]COME near, O you peoples, to hear; and hearken, O you nations; let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all that dwell in it. |
[1]Come near, ye nations and hear, and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear and all that is therein, the world and all that proceedeth thereof. |
| [2]For the indignation of the LORD is against all the nations, and his fury against all their armies, that he may destroy them and deliver them to the slaughter. |
[2]For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his wrath upon all their armies: he hath destroyed them and delivered them to the slaughter. |
| [3]Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stink of their corpses shall come up, and the mountains shall be drenched with their blood. |
[3]And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their bodies, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. |
| [4]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 falls from off the vine and as a falling of premature figs from the fig tree. |
[4]And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be folded like a book: and all their hosts shall fall as the leaf falleth from the vine, and as it falleth from the fig tree. |
| [5]For my sword shall be sharpened in heaven; behold, it shall come down upon the Edomites and upon a people that is condemned in judgment. |
[5]For my sword shall be drunken in the heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, even upon the people of my curse to judgment. |
| [6]The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with the blood, and with the fatness of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. |
[6]The sword of the Lord is filled with blood: it is made fat with the fat and with the blood of the lambs and the goats, with the fat of the kidneys of the rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. |
| [7]And unicorns shall fall with them, and bullocks with the bulls; and the land shall be soaked with their blood, and the soil enriched with their fatness. |
[7]And the unicorn shall come down with them and the heifers with the bulls, and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. |
| [8]For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance and the year of recompense for the cause of Zion |
[8]For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the judgment of Zion. |
| [9]And its streams shall be turned into pitch and its soil into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch. |
[9]And the rivers thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall be burning pitch. |
| [10]It shall not be quenched night nor day; its smoke shall go up for ever; and it shall lie waste from generation to generation; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. |
[10]It shall not be quenched night nor day: the smoke thereof shall go up evermore: it shall be desolate from generation to generation: none shall pass through it forever. |
| [11]But pelicans and owls shall possess it; ravens and ostriches shall dwell in it; and he shall stretch out upon it the measuring line of the sword, and there shall be no joy in it. |
[11]But the pelican and the hedgehog shall possess it, and the great owl, and the raven shall dwell in it, and he shall stretch out upon it the line of vanity, and the stones of emptiness. |
| [12]They shall no more call it a kingdom there, and all her princes shall perish. |
[12]The nobles thereof shall call to the kingdom, and there shall be none, and all the princes thereof shall be as nothing. |
| [13]And thorns shall sprout up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of dragons and a pasture for ostriches. |
[13]And it shall bring forth thorns in the palaces thereof, nettles and thistles in the strong holds thereof, and it shall be an habitation for dragons, and a court for ostriches. |
| [14]And insane men shall meet in it, and demoniacs shall cry out one to another; there has the screech owl perched and found for herself a place of rest. |
[14]There shall meet also Zijm and Iim, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow, and the screech owl shall rest there, and shall find for herself a quiet dwelling. |
| [15]There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay and hatch and gather under her shadow; there shall vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. |
[15]There shall the owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather them under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, everyone with her make. |
| [16]Seek out the book of the LORD, and read; no one of these shall fail, none sought for her mate; but he with his own mouth has commanded, and his spirit it has gathered them. |
[16]Seek in the book of the Lord, and read: none of these shall fail, none shall want her make: for his mouth hath commanded, and his very spirit hath gathered them. |
| [17]And he has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them by the measuring line; they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it |
[17]And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it forever: from generation to generation shall they dwell in it. |