⁷ Remember, Lord, what the Edomites^(A) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.^(B)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”^(C)

⁵ My sword^(A) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,^(B)
    the people I have totally destroyed.^(C)
6 The sword^(D) 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^(E) in Bozrah^(F)
    and a great slaughter^(G) in the land of Edom.
⁷ And the wild oxen^(H) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.^(I)
Their land will be drenched with blood,^(J)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

⁸ For the Lord has a day^(K) of vengeance,^(L)
    a year of retribution,^(M) to uphold Zion’s cause.
⁹ Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;^(N)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
¹⁰ It will not be quenched^(O) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.^(P)
From generation to generation^(Q) it will lie desolate;^(R)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
¹¹ The desert owl^[a](S) and screech owl^[b] will possess it;
    the great owl^[c] and the raven^(T) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom^(U)
    the measuring line of chaos^(V)
    and the plumb line^(W) of desolation.
¹² Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes^(X) will vanish^(Y) away.
¹³ Thorns^(Z) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.^(AA)
She will become a haunt for jackals,^(AB)
    a home for owls.^(AC)
14 Desert creatures^(AD) will meet with hyenas,^(AE)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures^(AF) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.
¹⁵ The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
    she will hatch them, and care for her young
    under the shadow of her wings;^(AG)
there also the falcons^(AH) will gather,
    each with its mate.

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?^(D)
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom decayed?

We have heard a message from the Lord:
    An envoy^(E) was sent to the nations to say,
“Rise, let us go against her for battle”^(F)—