⁵ My sword^(A) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,^(B)
    the people I have totally destroyed.^(C)
6 The sword^(D) 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^(E) in Bozrah^(F)
    and a great slaughter^(G) in the land of Edom.
⁷ And the wild oxen^(H) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.^(I)
Their land will be drenched with blood,^(J)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

⁸ For the Lord has a day^(K) of vengeance,^(L)
    a year of retribution,^(M) to uphold Zion’s cause.
⁹ Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;^(N)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
¹⁰ It will not be quenched^(O) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.^(P)
From generation to generation^(Q) it will lie desolate;^(R)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
¹¹ The desert owl^[a](S) and screech owl^[b] will possess it;
    the great owl^[c] and the raven^(T) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom^(U)
    the measuring line of chaos^(V)
    and the plumb line^(W) of desolation.
¹² Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes^(X) will vanish^(Y) away.
¹³ Thorns^(Z) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.^(AA)
She will become a haunt for jackals,^(AB)
    a home for owls.^(AC)
14 Desert creatures^(AD) will meet with hyenas,^(AE)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures^(AF) 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;^(AG)
there also the falcons^(AH) will gather,
    each with its mate.

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?^(D)
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom decayed?
⁸ Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,^(E)
    you who live in Dedan,^(F)
for I will bring disaster on Esau
    at the time when I punish him.
⁹ If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?
If thieves came during the night,
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
¹⁰ But I will strip Esau bare;
    I will uncover his hiding places,^(G)
    so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
    also his allies and neighbors,
    so there is no one^(H) to say,
¹¹ ‘Leave your fatherless children;^(I) I will keep them alive.
    Your widows^(J) too can depend on me.’”

¹⁴ I have heard a message from the Lord;
    an envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Assemble yourselves to attack it!
    Rise up for battle!”

¹⁵ “Now I will make you small among the nations,
    despised by mankind.
¹⁶ The terror you inspire
    and the pride^(R) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,^(S)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest^(T) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
¹⁷ “Edom will become an object of horror;^(U)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.^(V)
18 As Sodom^(W) and Gomorrah^(X) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell^(Y) in it.

¹⁹ “Like a lion^(Z) coming up from Jordan’s thickets^(AA)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like^(AB) me and who can challenge me?^(AC)
    And what shepherd^(AD) can stand against me?”

²⁰ Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Edom,^(AE)
    what he has purposed^(AF) against those who live in Teman:^(AG)
The young of the flock^(AH) will be dragged away;
    their pasture will be appalled at their fate.^(AI)
21 At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;^(AJ)
    their cry^(AK) will resound to the Red Sea.^[b]
22 Look! An eagle will soar and swoop^(AL) down,
    spreading its wings over Bozrah.^(AM)
In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors^(AN)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.^(AO)