1 Chegai-vos, nações, para ouvir, e vós, povos, escutai; ouça a terra e a sua plenitude, o mundo e tudo quanto produz. 2 Porque a indignação do Senhor está contra todas as nações, e o seu furor, contra todo o exército delas; ele as destinou para a destruição e as entregou à matança. 3 Os seus mortos serão lançados fora, dos seus cadáveres subirá o mau cheiro, e do sangue deles os montes se inundarão. 4 Todo o exército dos céus se dissolverá, e os céus se enrolarão como um pergaminho; todo o seu exército cairá, como cai a folha da vide e a folha da figueira.

5 Porque a minha espada se embriagou nos céus; eis que, para exercer juízo, desce sobre Edom e sobre o povo que destinei para a destruição. 6 A espada do Senhor está cheia de sangue, engrossada da gordura e do sangue de cordeiros e de bodes, da gordura dos rins de carneiros; porque o Senhor tem sacrifício em Bozra e grande matança na terra de Edom. 7 Os bois selvagens cairão com eles, e os novilhos, com os touros; a sua terra se embriagará de sangue, e o seu pó se tornará fértil com a gordura.

8 Porque será o dia da vingança do Senhor, ano de retribuições pela causa de Sião. 9 Os ribeiros de Edom se transformarão em piche, e o seu pó, em enxofre; a sua terra se tornará em piche ardente. 10 Nem de noite nem de dia se apagará; subirá para sempre a sua fumaça; de geração em geração será assolada, e para todo o sempre ninguém passará por ela. 11 Mas o pelicano e o ouriço a possuirão; o bufo e o corvo habitarão nela. Estender-se-á sobre ela o cordel de destruição e o prumo de ruína. 12 Já não haverá nobres para proclamarem um rei; os seus príncipes já não existem. 13 Nos seus palácios, crescerão espinhos, e urtigas e cardos, nas suas fortalezas; será uma habitação de chacais e morada de avestruzes. 14 As feras do deserto se encontrarão com as hienas, e os sátiros clamarão uns para os outros; fantasmas ali pousarão e acharão para si lugar de repouso. 15 Aninhar-se-á ali a coruja, e porá os seus ovos, e os chocará, e na sombra abrigará os seus filhotes; também ali os abutres se ajuntarão, um com o outro.

16 Buscai no livro do Senhor e lede: Nenhuma destas criaturas falhará, nem uma nem outra faltará; porque a boca do Senhor o ordenou, e o seu Espírito mesmo as ajuntará. 17 Porque ele lançou as sortes a favor delas, e a sua mão lhes repartiu a terra com o cordel; para sempre a possuirão, através de gerações habitarão nela.

1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it. 2 For Jehovah hath indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; 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 fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading leaf from the fig-tree. 5 For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 6 The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7 And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

8 For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. 9 And the streams of Edom 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 pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches. 14 And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest. 15 There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.

16 Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, 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.

1 Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it!

2 The LORD is angry with all nations; his wrath is on all their armies. He will totally destroy "them, he will give them over to slaughter.

3 Their slain will be thrown out, their dead bodies will stink; the mountains will be soaked with their blood.

4 All the stars in the sky will be dissolved and the heavens rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree.

5 My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; see, it descends in judgment on Edom, the people I have totally destroyed.

6 The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood, it is covered with fat — the blood of lambs and goats, fat from the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

7 And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat.

8 For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion's cause.

9 Edom's streams will be turned into pitch, her dust into burning sulfur; her land will become blazing pitch!

10 It will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will rise forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever pass through it again.

11 The desert owl "and screech owl "will possess it; the great owl "and the raven will nest there. God will stretch out over Edom the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of desolation.

12 Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom, all her princes will vanish away.

13 Thorns will overrun her citadels, nettles and brambles her strongholds. She will become a haunt for jackals, a home for owls.

14 Desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and wild goats will bleat to each other; there the night creatures will also lie down and find for themselves places of rest.

15 The owl will nest there and lay eggs, she will hatch them, and care for her young under the shadow of her wings; there also the falcons will gather, each with its mate.

16 Look in the scroll of the LORD and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate. For it is his mouth that has given the order, and his Spirit will gather them together.

17 He allots their portions; his hand distributes them by measure. They will possess it forever and dwell there from generation to generation.