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For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a time of paying back [Edom] for its hostility against Zion.
Isaiah 34:8 In-Context
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The sword 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 in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
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And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat.
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For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.
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Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch, her dust into burning sulfur; her land will become blazing pitch!
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It will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will rise forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever pass through it again.