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·The sun, moon, and stars [L All the hosts/armies of heaven] will dissolve [Joel 2:31; Matt. 24:29; Acts 2:20; Rev. 6:13–14],
    and the ·sky [heavens] will be rolled up like a scroll.
·The stars [L All their hosts] will fall
    like dead leaves from a vine
    or dried-up figs from a fig tree.
The Lord’s sword in the ·sky [heavens] ·is covered with [has drunk its fill of] blood.
    It will ·cut through [L descend upon] Edom
    and ·destroy those people as an offering to the Lord [on the people who are devoted to destruction for judgment; v. 2; Josh. 6:21].
The Lord’s sword will be covered with blood;
    it will be covered with fat,
with the blood from lambs and goats,
    with the fat from the kidneys of ·sheep [rams].
This is because the Lord ·decided there will be [L has] a sacrifice in Bozrah [C the capital of Edom]
    and ·much killing [a great slaughter] in the land of Edom.

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All the stars in the sky will be dissolved(A)
    and the heavens rolled up(B) like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall(C)
    like withered(D) leaves from the vine,
    like shriveled figs from the fig tree.

My sword(E) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,(F)
    the people I have totally destroyed.(G)
The sword(H) 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(I) in Bozrah(J)
    and a great slaughter(K) in the land of Edom.

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