Judgment on the Nations
1 Come anear, you nations, to hear;
And heed, you people!
bLet the earth hear, and all that is in it,
The world and all things that come forth from it.
And heed, you people!
bLet the earth hear, and all that is in it,
The world and all things that come forth from it.
2 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 aslaughter.
And His fury against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to the aslaughter.
3 Also their slain shall be thrown out;
aTheir stench shall rise from their corpses,
And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
aTheir stench shall rise from their corpses,
And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 aAll the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
bAll their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as cfruit falling from a fig tree.
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
bAll their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as cfruit falling from a fig tree.
5 “For aMy sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it bshall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
Indeed it bshall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
6 The asword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is made1 overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For bthe Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
It is made1 overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For bthe Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 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 dust1 saturated with fatness.”
And the young bulls with the mighty bulls;
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
And their dust1 saturated with fatness.”
9 aIts streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night or day;
aIts smoke shall ascend forever.
bFrom generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever.
aIts smoke shall ascend forever.
bFrom generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever.
11 aBut the1 pelican and the porcupine shall possess it,
Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
And bHe shall stretch out over it
The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
And bHe 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.
But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Robertson's Book Notes (NT)
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