⁵ The Lord’s sword in the ·sky [heavens] ·is covered with [has drunk its fill of] blood.
    It will ·cut through [^Ldescend 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].
⁶ 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 [^Lhas] a sacrifice in Bozrah [^Cthe capital of Edom]
    and ·much killing [a great slaughter] in the land of Edom.
⁷ The wild oxen will ·be killed [^Lfall with them],
    and the ·cattle [or young bulls] and the strong ·bulls [^Lones; ^Cperhaps referring to Edom’s leaders].
The land will ·be filled with [drink its fill of] their blood,
    and the dirt will be covered with their fat.