Isaiah 34:5-10

5The Lord says, ‘My sword has finished its work in the skies. Now it will come to punish Edom. Those are the people that I have decided to destroy.’

6The Lord's sword has blood all over it! It is the blood of young sheep and goats. It has the fat of meat on it. It is the fat from sheep's kidneys. Yes! The Lord is killing animals for a sacrifice in Bozrah. He will kill many people in Edom.

7He will kill their wild oxen and their young bulls. Blood will pour over Edom's land. Fat will feed their soil.

8The Lord has chosen a day for punishment. It will be a time when he punishes Zion's enemies, because they have attacked his people.

9The water in Edom's streams will become tar. Its soil will become sulphur. Its whole land will become tar that is burning.

10That fire will burn through the days and the nights. Its smoke will always continue to rise up. The land will be empty from one century to the next. Nobody will ever travel through it again.