1 Come near{H7126}{(H8798)}, ye nations{H1471}, to hear{H8085}{(H8800)}; and hearken{H7181}{(H8685)}, ye people{H3816}: let the earth{H776} hear{H8085}{(H8799)}, and all that is therein{H4393}; the world{H8398}, and all things that come forth{H6631} of it.

2 For the indignation{H7110} of the LORD{H3068} is upon all nations{H1471}, and his fury{H2534} upon all their armies{H6635}: he hath utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)} them, he hath delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} them to the slaughter{H2874}.

3 Their slain{H2491} also shall be cast out{H7993}{(H8714)}, and their stink{H889} shall come up{H5927}{(H8799)} out of their carcases{H6297}, and the mountains{H2022} shall be melted{H4549}{(H8738)} with their blood{H1818}.

4 And all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} shall be dissolved{H4743}{(H8738)}, and the heavens{H8064} shall be rolled together{H1556}{(H8738)} as a scroll{H5612}: and all their host{H6635} shall fall down{H5034}{(H8799)}, as the leaf{H5929} falleth off{H5034}{(H8800)} from the vine{H1612}, and as a falling{H5034}{(H8802)} fig from the fig tree{H8384}.

5 For my sword{H2719} shall be bathed{H7301}{(H8765)} in heaven{H8064}: behold, it shall come down{H3381}{(H8799)} upon Idumea{H123}, and upon the people{H5971} of my curse{H2764}, to judgment{H4941}.

6 The sword{H2719} of the LORD{H3068} is filled{H4390}{(H8804)} with blood{H1818}, it is made fat{H1878}{(H8719)} with fatness{H2459}, and with the blood{H1818} of lambs{H3733} and goats{H6260}, with the fat{H2459} of the kidneys{H3629} of rams{H352}: for the LORD{H3068} hath a sacrifice{H2077} in Bozrah{H1224}, and a great{H1419} slaughter{H2874} in the land{H776} of Idumea{H123}.

7 And the unicorns{H7214} shall come down{H3381}{(H8804)} with them, and the bullocks{H6499} with the bulls{H47}; and their land{H776} shall be soaked{H7301}{(H8765)} with blood{H1818}, and their dust{H6083} made fat{H1878}{(H8792)} with fatness{H2459}.

8 For it is the day{H3117} of the LORD'S{H3068} vengeance{H5359}, and the year{H8141} of recompences{H7966} for the controversy{H7379} of Zion{H6726}.

9 And the streams{H5158} thereof shall be turned{H2015}{(H8738)} into pitch{H2203}, and the dust{H6083} thereof into brimstone{H1614}, and the land{H776} thereof shall become burning{H1197}{(H8802)} pitch{H2203}.

10 It shall not be quenched{H3518}{(H8799)} night{H3915} nor day{H3119}; the smoke{H6227} thereof shall go up{H5927}{(H8799)} for ever{H5769}: from generation{H1755} to generation{H1755} it shall lie waste{H2717}{(H8799)}; none shall pass through{H5674}{(H8802)} it for ever{H5331} and ever{H5331}.

11 But the cormorant{H6893} and the bittern{H7090} shall possess{H3423}{(H8804)} it; the owl{H3244} also and the raven{H6158} shall dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} in it: and he shall stretch out{H5186}{(H8804)} upon it the line{H6957} of confusion{H8414}, and the stones{H68} of emptiness{H922}.

12 They shall call{H7121}{(H8799)} the nobles{H2715} thereof to the kingdom{H4410}, but none shall be there, and all her princes{H8269} shall be nothing{H657}.

13 And thorns{H5518} shall come up{H5927}{(H8804)} in her palaces{H759}, nettles{H7057} and brambles{H2336} in the fortresses{H4013} thereof: and it shall be an habitation{H5116} of dragons{H8577}, and a court{H2681} for owls{H1323}{H3284}.

14 The wild beasts of the desert{H6728} shall also meet{H6298}{(H8804)} with the wild beasts of the island{H338}, and the satyr{H8163} shall cry{H7121}{(H8799)} to his fellow{H7453}; the screech owl{H3917} also shall rest{H7280}{(H8689)} there, and find{H4672}{(H8804)} for herself a place of rest{H4494}.

15 There shall the great owl{H7091} make her nest{H7077}{(H8765)}, and lay{H4422}{(H8762)}, and hatch{H1234}{(H8804)}, and gather{H1716}{(H8804)} under her shadow{H6738}: there shall the vultures{H1772} also be gathered{H6908}{(H8738)}, every one{H802} with her mate{H7468}.

16 Seek ye out{H1875}{(H8798)} of the book{H5612} of the LORD{H3068}, and read{H7121}{(H8798)}: no one{H259} of these{H2007} shall fail{H5737}{(H8738)}, none{H802} shall want{H6485}{(H8804)} her mate{H7468}: for my mouth{H6310} it hath commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}, and his spirit{H7307} it hath gathered{H6908}{(H8765)} them.

17 And he hath cast{H5307}{(H8689)} the lot{H1486} for them, and his hand{H3027} hath divided{H2505}{(H8765)} it unto them by line{H6957}: they shall possess{H3423}{(H8799)} it for{H5704} ever{H5769}, from generation{H1755} to generation{H1755} shall they dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} therein.