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)

⁴ “Prepare for battle against her!
    Arise, let us attack at noon!^(A)
But, alas, the daylight is fading,
    and the shadows of evening grow long.

⁵ So arise, let us attack at night
    and destroy her fortresses!”

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!”

¹⁹ But Egypt^(A) will be desolate,
    Edom^(B) a desert waste,
because of violence^(C) done to the people of Judah,
    in whose land they shed innocent blood.