1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.34.1 all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof 2For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. 3Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. 4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. 5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 6The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. 7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.34.7 unicorns: or, rhinocerots34.7 soaked: or, drunken 8For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
11¶ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.34.11 cormorant: or, pelican 12They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.34.13 owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl 14The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.34.14 The wild beasts of the desert: Heb. Ziim34.14 the wild beasts of the island: Heb. Ijim34.14 screech…: or, night monster 15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
16¶ Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. 17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
审判列国
1列国啊，近前来听吧！
列邦啊，留心听吧！
大地和地上的万物、世界和世上的一切都要听。
2因为耶和华向列国发怒，
向他们的军队发烈怒。
祂要毁灭他们，杀尽他们。
3他们必暴尸在外，
臭气熏天，
血浸山岭。
4天上的万象必融化，
穹苍像书卷卷起；
星辰陨落，
像凋零的葡萄叶，
又像枯落的无花果。
5耶和华的刀剑在天上饱饮了血后，
必降下来惩罚以东——祂决意要毁灭的民族。
6祂的刀沾满了血和脂肪，
如同羊羔、公山羊的血和公绵羊肾脏上的脂肪。
因为耶和华要在波斯拉献祭，
在以东大行杀戮。
7他们像野牛、牛犊和公牛一样倒下。
他们的土地被血浸透，
土壤被脂肪覆盖。
8因为这是耶和华报应的日子，
是祂为锡安报仇之年。
9以东的河流要变为沥青，
土壤要变成硫磺，
大地要成为燃烧的沥青，
10昼夜燃烧，浓烟滚滚，
永不止息。
以东必世世代代荒废，
人踪绝迹。
11鹈鹕和刺猬必占据那里，
猫头鹰和乌鸦必在那里做窝。
耶和华要用准绳和线锤丈量以东，
使它空虚混沌。
12以东没有一个显贵可以做王，
那里所有的首领全都消失。
13那里的宫殿荆棘丛生，
蒺藜、刺草遍布坚城，
成了野狗的巢穴和鸵鸟的住处。
14在那里，豺狼和旷野的其他走兽出没，
野山羊对叫，
夜间的怪物栖息，
找到安歇之处。
15猫头鹰要在那里做窝，
产卵，孵化，
把幼鸟保护在翅膀底下，
鸷鸟也成双成对地聚集在那里。
16你们要去查考、阅读耶和华的书卷：
以上的动物一个也不会少，
无一缺少配偶。
因为这是耶和华亲口说的，
祂的灵必把它们聚在一起。
17祂亲手为它们抽签，
用准绳为它们分地。
它们必永远占据那里，
世世代代住在那里。
