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.

None of these will be missing,^(AJ)
    not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth^(AK) that has given the order,^(AL)
    and his Spirit will gather them together.
¹⁷ He allots their portions;^(AM)
    his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
    and dwell there from generation to generation.^(AN)

“It is I, proclaiming victory,
    mighty to save.”^(E)

² Why are your garments red,
    like those of one treading the winepress?^(F)

³ “I have trodden the winepress^(G) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled^(H) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;^(I)
their blood spattered my garments,^(J)
    and I stained all my clothing.
⁴ It was for me the day of vengeance;^(K)
    the year for me to redeem had come.
⁵ I looked, but there was no one^(L) to help,
    I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm^(M) achieved salvation for me,
    and my own wrath sustained me.^(N)
6 I trampled^(O) the nations in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk^(P)
    and poured their blood^(Q) on the ground.”

“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.’”