Verse
KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people
: let the earth hear, and all
that
is
therein
; the world, and all things that come forth of
it.
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples
: let the earth hear, and the
fulness
thereof
; the world, and all things that come forth from
it.
For the
indignation of
the
LORD
is
upon
all nations, and his
fury
upon
all their armies
: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
For Jehovah
hath
indignation against
all the
nations, and wrath
against
all their host
: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink
shall come up out
of
their
carcases,
and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Their slain also shall be cast out, and the
stench
of
their dead
bodies
shall come up ;
and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll :
and all their host shall fall
down
, as the leaf falleth
off
from the vine, and as a falling
fig
from the fig tree.
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll ;
and all their host shall fade
away
, as the leaf fadeth
from off
the vine, and as a fading
`leaf'
from the fig -
tree.
For my sword shall
be
bathed
in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea
, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
For my sword hath
drunk
its
fill
in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom
, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
The sword of the
LORD
is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and
with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams :
for the
LORD
hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea
.
The sword of Jehovah
is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams ;
for Jehovah
hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom
.
And the unicorns
shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls ;
and their land shall be soaked
with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
And the wild-oxen
shall come down with them, and the bullocks 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 recompences
for the controversy
of Zion.
For Jehovah
hath
a
day of vengeance, a
year of recompense
for the cause
of Zion.
And the streams thereof
shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
And the streams of
`Edom'
shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever :
from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever ;
from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
But the cormorant
and the bittern
shall possess it; the owl also
and the raven shall dwell in
it
: and he shall
stretch out
upon
it the line of confusion, and the stones
of emptiness.
But the pelican
and the porcupine
shall possess it; and
the owl and the raven shall dwell therein
: and he will
stretch over
it the line of confusion, and the plummet
of emptiness.
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there ,
and all her
princes shall be nothing.
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there ;
and all its
princes shall be nothing.
And thorns shall come up in her
palaces, nettles and brambles
in the fortresses thereof :
and it shall be an
habitation of dragons
, and
a court for owls
.
And thorns shall come up in its
palaces, nettles and thistles
in the fortresses thereof ;
and it shall be a
habitation of jackals
, a court for ostriches
.
The wild beasts of the desert shall also
meet with the wild
beasts
of
the
island
, and the satyr
shall cry to his fellow; the screech
owl
also
shall rest
there, and find for
herself
a place of rest.
And
the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves
, and the wild
goat
shall cry to his fellow; yea,
the night-monster
shall settle
there, and shall
find her
a place of rest.
There shall the great
owl
make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow:
there shall the vultures
also
be gathered, every one with her mate.
There shall the dart-snake
make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade;
yea,
there shall the kites
be gathered, every one with her mate.
Seek ye out of the book of the
LORD
, and read: no one of these shall fail
, none shall want her mate :
for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah
, and read: no one of these shall be
missing
, none shall want her mate ;
for my mouth ,
it hath commanded, and his Spirit ,
it hath gathered them.
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever ,
from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever ;
from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
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