The wild oxen will be struck[a] down with them,
and young bulls with the mighty bulls.
Their land will be soaked with[b] blood,
and their soil will be saturated with fat.

For the Lord has a day of vengeance,(A)
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her soil into sulfur;(B)
her land will become burning pitch.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:7 Or will go
  2. Isaiah 34:7 Or will drink its fill of

And the wild oxen(A) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.(B)
Their land will be drenched with blood,(C)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

For the Lord has a day(D) of vengeance,(E)
    a year of retribution,(F) to uphold Zion’s cause.
Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;(G)
    her land will become blazing pitch!

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