The sword of the Lord is filled with blood: it is made fat with the fat and with the blood of the [a]lambs and the goats, with the fat of the kidneys of the rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in [b]Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

And the [c]unicorn shall come down with them, and the heifers with the bulls, and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompense for the judgment of Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:6 That is, both of young and old, poor and rich of his enemies.
  2. Isaiah 34:6 That famous city shall be consumed as a sacrifice burnt to ashes.
  3. Isaiah 34:7 The mighty and rich shall be as well destroyed as the inferiors.

The sword(A) 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(B) in Bozrah(C)
    and a great slaughter(D) in the land of Edom.
And the wild oxen(E) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.(F)
Their land will be drenched with blood,(G)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

For the Lord has a day(H) of vengeance,(I)
    a year of retribution,(J) to uphold Zion’s cause.

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