Isa 34, 63:1-6, Jer 49:17, Lam 4:21, Eze 25, Eze 35 | ESV | STEP | Draw near , O nations , to hear , and give attention , O peoples ! Let the earth hear , and all that fills it; the world , and all that comes from it.

1 Draw near, ^aO nations, to hear,
and give attention, O peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that fills it;
the world, and all that comes from it.
2 For the Lord is enraged against all the nations,
and furious against all their host;
he has ^bdevoted them to destruction, ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verse 5} has given them over for slaughter.
3 Their slain shall be cast out,
and ^dthe stench of their corpses shall rise;
^ethe mountains shall flow with their blood.
4 ^fAll the host of heaven shall rot away,
and the skies roll up like a scroll.
All their host shall fall,
as leaves fall from the vine,
like leaves falling from the fig tree.
5 For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
behold, it descends for judgment upon ^gEdom,
upon the people ^hI have devoted to destruction.
6 The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood;
it is gorged with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
ⁱFor the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 ^jWild oxen shall ^kfall with them,
and ^lyoung steers with ^mthe mighty bulls.
Their land shall drink its fill of blood,
and their soil shall be gorged with fat.
8 ⁿFor the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9 ^oAnd the streams of Edom ^{▼▼Hebrew her streams} shall be turned into pitch,
and her soil into sulfur;
her land shall become burning pitch.
10 Night and day ^qit shall not be quenched;
^rits smoke shall go up forever.
^sFrom generation to generation it shall lie waste;
none shall pass through it forever and ever.
11 ^tBut the hawk and the porcupine ^{▼▼The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain} shall possess it,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
^vHe shall stretch the line of ^wconfusion ^{▼▼Hebrew formlessness} over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.
12 Its nobles—there is no one there to call it a kingdom,
and all its princes shall be nothing.
13 ^yThorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of ^zjackals,
an abode for ostriches. ^{▼▼Or owls}
14 ^abAnd wild animals shall meet with hyenas;
the wild goat shall cry to his fellow;
indeed, there the night bird ^{▼▼Identity uncertain} settles
and finds for herself a resting place.
15 There the owl nests and lays
and hatches and gathers her young in her shadow;
indeed, there ^adthe hawks are gathered,
each one with her mate.
16 Seek and read from the book of the Lord:
Not one of these shall be missing;
none shall be without her mate.
For the mouth of the Lord has commanded,
and his Spirit has gathered them.
17 ^aeHe has cast the lot for them;
his hand has portioned it out to them with the line;
they shall possess it forever;
from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.

Isaiah 63:1-6

The Lord’s Day of Vengeance

1 Who is this who comes from ^afEdom,
in crimsoned garments from ^agBozrah,
he who is splendid in his apparel,
^ahmarching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, speaking in righteousness,
mighty to save.”
2 Why is your ^aiapparel red,
and your garments like his ^ajwho treads in the winepress?
3 ^ak“I have trodden the winepress alone,
^aland from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood ^{▼▼Or their juice; also verse 6} spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel.
4 ^anFor the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and my year of redemption ^{▼▼Or the year of my redeemed} had come.
5 I looked, but ^apthere was no one to help;
I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
and my wrath upheld me.
6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
^aqI made them drunk in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

Jeremiah 49:17

17 ^ar“Edom shall become a horror. ^asEveryone who passes by it will be horrified ^atand will hiss because of all its disasters.

Lamentations 4:21

21 ^auRejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
you who dwell in ^avthe land of Uz;
but to you also ^awthe cup shall pass;
you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

Ezekiel 25

Prophecy Against Ammon

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^ax“Son of man, ^ayset your face toward ^azthe Ammonites and prophesy against them. 3 Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God: ^baThus says the Lord God, Because you said, ^bb‘Aha!’ over my ^bcsanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile, 4 therefore behold, I am handing you over to ^bdthe people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5 I will make ^beRabbah a ^bfpasture for camels and Ammon ^{▼▼Hebrew and the Ammonites} ^bha fold for flocks. ^biThen you will know that I am the Lord. 6 For thus says the Lord God: Because ^bjyou have clapped your hands ^bkand stamped your feet and ^blrejoiced with all the ^bmmalice within your soul against the land of Israel, 7 therefore, behold, ^bnI have stretched out my hand against you, and ^bowill hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

8 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^bpMoab and ^bqSeir ^{▼▼Septuagint lacks and Seir} said, ‘Behold, the ^bshouse of Judah is like all the other nations,’ 9 therefore ^btI will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, ^buBeth-jeshimoth, ^bvBaal-meon, and ^bwKiriathaim. 10 I will give it ^bxalong with the Ammonites ^byto the people of the East as a possession, ^bzthat the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, 11 ^caand I will execute judgments upon Moab. ^cbThen they will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Edom

12 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^ccEdom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended ^cdin taking vengeance on them, 13 therefore thus says the Lord God, ^ceI will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from ^cfTeman even to ^cgDedan they shall fall by the sword. 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom ^chby the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and ^cithey shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.

Prophecy Against Philistia

15 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^cjthe Philistines ^ckacted revengefully and took vengeance ^clwith malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, 16 therefore thus says the Lord God, ^cmBehold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off ^cnthe Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. 17 I will execute great vengeance on them ^cowith wrathful rebukes. ^cpThen they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”

Ezekiel 35

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^cq“Son of man, ^crset your face ^csagainst ^ctMount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: ^cuBehold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and ^cvI will stretch out my hand against you, ^cwand I will make you a desolation and a waste. 4 ^cxI will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 5 Because ^cyyou cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword ^czat the time of their calamity, ^daat the time of their final punishment, 6 therefore, ^dbas I live, declares the Lord God, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; ^dcbecause you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. 7 ^ddI will make Mount Seir a waste ^deand a desolation, and I will cut off from it ^dfall who come and go. 8 And I will fill ^dgits mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all ^dhyour ravines ^dithose slain with the sword shall fall. 9 ^djI will make you a perpetual desolation, and ^dkyour cities shall not be inhabited. Then ^dlyou will know that I am the Lord.

10 “Because you said, ^dm‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and ^dnwe will take possession of them’—although the ^doLord was there— 11 therefore, ^dpas I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you ^dqaccording to the anger and ^drenvy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And ^dsI will make myself known among them, when I judge you. 12 And you shall know that I am the Lord.

^dt“I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; ^duthey are given us to devour.’ 13 And ^dvyou magnified yourselves against me ^dwwith your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it. 14 Thus says the Lord God: ^dxWhile the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. 15 As you ^dyrejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, ^dzMount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then ^eathey will know that I am the Lord.