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2.8 KiB
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53 lines
2.8 KiB
Markdown
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## Yahweh's Wrath Against the Nations
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###### 1
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Draw near, O nations, to hear; and pay attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, as well as its fullness, the world and all that springs from it.
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###### 2
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For the indignation of Yahweh is against all the nations, And _His_ wrath against all their hosts; He has devoted them to destruction; He has given them over to slaughter.
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###### 3
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So their slain will be cast out, And their corpses will give off their stench, And the mountains will be drenched with their blood.
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###### 4
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And all the host of heaven will rot away, And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; All their hosts will also wither away As a leaf withers from the vine, Or as _one_ withers from the fig tree.
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###### 5
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For My sword is satiated in heaven; Behold, it shall descend for judgment upon Edom And upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction.
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###### 6
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The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood; It is sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
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###### 7
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And wild oxen will also fall with them, And young bulls with strong ones; Thus their land will be soaked with blood, And their dust become greasy with fat.
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###### 8
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For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, A year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
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###### 9
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And its streams will be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.
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###### 10
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It will not be quenched night or day; Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation it will be laid waste; None will pass through it forever and ever.
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###### 11
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But pelican and hedgehog will possess it, And owl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the line of _utter_ formlessness And the plumb line of _utter_ void.
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###### 12
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Its nobles--there is no one there _Whom_ they may proclaim king-- And all its princes will be non-existent.
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###### 13
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And thorns will come up in its fortified towers, Weeds and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of jackals _And_ an abode of ostriches.
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###### 14
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And the desert creatures will meet with the wolves; The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Surely, the night creature will obtain relief there And will find itself a resting place.
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###### 15
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The owl will make its nest and find its escape there, And it will hatch _its eggs_ and gather _them_ in its shade. Surely, the falcons will be gathered there, Every one with its kind.
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###### 16
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Seek from the book of Yahweh, and read: Not one of these will be missing; None will lack its mate. For His mouth has commanded, And His Spirit has gathered them.
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###### 17
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He has cast the lot for them, And His hand has divided it to them by line. They shall possess it forever; From generation to generation they will dwell in it.
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