Isaiah 34

qirvu goyim lishmoa ule'ummim haqshivu tishma ha'arets umelo'ah tevel vekhol-tse'etsa'eha

Approach, O nations, and listen, Give heed, O peoples! Let the earth and those in it hear; The world, and what it brings forth.

ki qetsef la-Adonai al-kol-haggoyim vekhemah al-kol-tseva'am hekherimam netanam lattavakh

For GOD is angry at all the nations, Furious at all their host; They have been doomed, consigned to slaughter.

vekhallehem yushlakhu ufigrehem ya'aleh vosham venamassu harim middamam

Their slain shall be left lying, And the stench of their corpses shall mount; And the hills shall be drenched with their blood,

venamaqqu kol-tseva hashamayim venagollu khassefer hashamayim vekhol-tseva'am yibbol kinvol aleh miggefen ukhenovelet mitte'enah

All the host of heaven shall molder. The heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll, And all their host shall wither Like a leaf withering on the vine, Or shriveled fruit on a fig tree.

ki-rivvetah vashamayim kharbi hinneh al-edom tered ve'al-am khermi lemishpat

For My sword shall be drunk in the sky; Lo, it shall come down upon Edom, Upon the people I have doomed, To wreak judgment.

kherev la-Adonai male'ah dam huddashnah mekhelev middam karim ve'attudim mekhelev kilyot elim ki zevakh la-Adonai bevotsrah vetevakh gadol be'erets edom

GOD has a sword; it is sated with blood, It is gorged with fat— The blood of lambs and he-goats, The kidney fat of rams. For GOD holds a sacrifice in Bozrah, A great slaughter in the land of Edom.

veyaredu re'emim immam ufarim im-abbirim verivvetah artsam middam va'afaram mekhelev yedushan

Wild oxen shall fall with them, Young bulls with mighty steers; And their land shall be drunk with blood, Their soil shall be saturated with fat.

ki yom naqam la-Adonai shenat shillumim leriv tsiyyon

For it is GOD’s day of retribution, The year of vindication for Zion’s cause.

venehefkhu nekhaleha lezefet va'afarah legofrit vehayetah artsah lezefet bo'erah

Its streams shall be turned to pitch And its soil to sulfur. Its land shall become burning pitch,

laylah veyomam lo tikhbeh le'olam ya'aleh ashanah middor lador tekherav lenetsakh netsakhim en over bah

Night and day it shall never go out; Its smoke shall rise for all time. Through the ages it shall lie in ruins; Through the aeons none shall traverse it.

vireshuha qa'at veqippod veyanshof ve'orev yishkenu-vah venatah aleha qav-tohu ve'avne-vohu

Jackdaws and owls shall possess it; Great owls and ravens shall dwell there. [God] shall measure it with a line of chaos And with weights of emptiness.

khoreha ve'en-sham melukhah yiqra'u vekhol-sareha yihyu afes

It shall be called “No kingdom is there,” Its nobles and all its lords shall be nothing.

ve'aletah armenoteha sirim qimmos vakhoakh bemivtsareha vehayetah neveh tannim khatsir livnot ya'anah

Thorns shall grow up in its palaces, Nettles and briers in its strongholds. It shall be a home of jackals, An abode of ostriches.

ufageshu tsiyyim et-iyyim vesa'ir al-re'ehu yiqra akh-sham hirgi'ah lilit umatse'ah lah manoakh

Wildcats shall meet hyenas, Goat-demons shall greet each other; There too the lilith shall repose And find herself a resting place.

shammah qinnenah qippoz vattemallet uvaqe'ah vedagerah vetsillah akh-sham niqbetsu dayyot isha re'utah

There the arrow-snake shall nest and lay eggs, And shall brood and hatch in its shade. There too the buzzards shall gather With one another.

dirshu me'al-sefer Adonai uqera'u akhat mehennah lo nedarah isha re'utah lo faqadu ki-fi hu tsivvah verukho hu qibbetsan

Search and read it in the scroll of GOD: Not one of these shall be absent, Not one shall miss its fellow. For God’s mouth has spoken, It is God’s spirit that has assembled them—

vehu-hippil lahen goral veyado khilleqattah lahem baqqav ad-olam yirashuha ledor vador yishkenu-vah

The One who apportioned it to them by lot, Whose hand divided it for them with the line. They shall possess it for all time, They shall dwell there through the ages.