5. And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens,it will fall upon Edom,the nation I have marked for destruction.
6. The sword of the lord is drenched with bloodand covered with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats,with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice.Yes, the lord will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah.He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.
7. Even men as strong as wild oxen will die—the young men alongside the veterans.The land will be soaked with bloodand the soil enriched with fat.
8. For it is the day of the lord’s revenge,the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel.
9. The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch,and the ground will be covered with fire.
10. This judgment on Edom will never end;the smoke of its burning will rise forever.The land will lie deserted from generation to generation.No one will live there anymore.
11. It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl,the great owl and the raven.For God will measure that land carefully;he will measure it for chaos and destruction.
12. It will be called the Land of Nothing,and all its nobles will soon be gone.
13. Thorns will overrun its palaces;nettles and thistles will grow in its forts.The ruins will become a haunt for jackalsand a home for owls.