Isaiah 34:1-8

Judgment Against the Nations 1Come 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!

2The LORD is angry with all nations; his wrath is on all their armies. He will totally destroy The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 5. them, he will give them over to slaughter.

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

4All 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.

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

6The 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.

7And 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.

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