Judgment on the Nations
Come near, O nations, to listen; 1Co 10:26Isa 1:2Isa 41:1Isa 43:9Deu 32:1Isa 33:13Jer 22:29Mic 6:1-2
pay attention, O peoples.
Let the earth hear, and all that fills it,
the world and all that springs from it.
The LORD is angry with all the nations Jer 25:15-29Zep 3:8Amo 1:1-2Isa 13:5Isa 30:25Isa 30:27-30Jol 3:9-14Zec 14:12-16
and furious with all their armies.
He will devote them to destruction; 1
He will give them over to slaughter.
Their slain will be left unburied, Jol 2:20Ezk 39:4Isa 34:72Ki 9:35-37Amo 4:10Ezk 14:19Ezk 32:5-6Ezk 35:6
and the stench of their corpses will rise;
the mountains will flow with their blood.
All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. Rev 6:13-14Mat 24:29Ezk 32:7-8Jol 3:152Pe 3:7-12Mrk 13:24-25Psa 102:25-26Jer 4:23-24
The skies will be rolled up like a scroll,
and all their stars will fall
like withered leaves from the vine,
like foliage from the fig tree.
Judgment on Edom
(Isaiah 21:11–12)
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, Jer 46:10Amo 1:11-12Isa 63:1Mal 1:4Ezk 25:12-14Jer 49:7-22Deu 29:18-21Deu 32:14
then it will come down upon Edom,
upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. Isa 63:1Jer 49:13Deu 32:14Ezk 21:4-5Ezk 39:17-20Isa 34:5Isa 63:3Jer 50:27
It drips with fat—
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
And the wild oxen will fall with them, Num 23:22Psa 68:30Jer 50:27Deu 33:17Jer 46:21Jer 50:11Job 39:9-10Num 24:8
the young bulls with the strong ones.
Their land will be drenched with blood,
and their soil will be soaked with fat.
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, Isa 63:4Isa 61:2Isa 35:4Jer 46:10Psa 94:1Deu 32:35Isa 26:21Isa 49:26
a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. 2
Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, Deu 29:23Psa 11:6Gen 19:28Job 18:15Jud 1:7Luk 17:29Rev 19:20Rev 21:8
and her soil to sulfur;
her land will become a blazing pitch.
It will not be quenched—day or night. Rev 19:3Isa 13:20Isa 66:24Mal 1:3-4Ezk 29:11Isa 1:31Rev 14:10-11Rev 18:18
Its smoke will ascend forever.
From generation to generation it will lie desolate;
no one will ever again pass through it.
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, 2Ki 21:13Lam 2:8Zep 2:14Rev 18:22Sa 8:2Isa 14:23Isa 13:20-22Isa 24:10
and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. 3
The LORD will stretch out over Edom
a measuring line of chaos
and a plumb line of destruction.
No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, Isa 3:6-81Co 13:21Co 8:42Co 12:11Ecc 10:16-17Isa 41:11-12Isa 41:24Jer 27:20
and all her princes will come to nothing.
Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, Jer 10:22Jer 9:11Mal 1:3Psa 44:19Hos 9:6Isa 13:21-22Isa 32:13-14Isa 35:7
her fortresses with thistles and briers.
She will become a haunt for jackals, 4
an abode for ostriches. 5
The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, Isa 13:21-22
and one wild goat will call to another.
There the night creature 6will settle
and find her place of repose.
There the owl will make her nest; Deu 14:13
she will lay and hatch her eggs
and gather her brood under her shadow.
Even there the birds of prey will gather,
each with its mate.
Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Psa 33:9Jos 1:8Mat 5:18Isa 30:8Psa 33:6Pro 23:12Jhn 10:35Luk 21:33
Not one of these will go missing,
not one will lack her mate,
because He has ordered it by His mouth,
and He will gather them by His Spirit.
He has allotted their portion; Isa 34:10Act 17:26Isa 13:20-22Isa 17:14Jer 13:25Jos 18:8Psa 78:55Act 13:19
His hand has distributed it by measure.
They will possess it forever;
they will dwell in it from generation to generation.