Isaiah 34:6

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord has a sword sated with blood, greasy with fat, With the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams’ kidneys; For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:22

From the blood of the slain, from the bodies of the warriors, The bow of Jonathan did not turn back, nor the sword of Saul return unstained.

1 Chronicles 1:44

When Bela died, Jobab, son of Zerah, from Bozrah, succeeded him as king.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, Lord, against Edom that day at Jerusalem. They said: “Level it, level it down to its foundations!”

Isaiah 29:2

But I will bring distress upon Ariel, and there will be mourning and moaning. You shall be to me like Ariel:

Isaiah 34:5

When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, it shall come down upon Edom for judgment, upon a people under my ban.

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this that comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments, from Bozrah? Who is this, glorious in his apparel, striding in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, I who announce vindication, mighty to save.”

Isaiah 63:3

“The wine press I have trodden alone, and from the peoples no one was with me. I trod them in my anger, and trampled them down in my wrath; Their blood spurted on my garments, all my apparel I stained.

Isaiah 65:12

You I will destine for the sword; you shall all bow down for slaughter; Because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen, But did what is evil in my sight and things I do not delight in, you chose,

Jeremiah 12:12

Upon every height in the wilderness marauders have appeared. The Lord has a sword that consumes the land from end to end: no peace for any living thing.

Jeremiah 25:34

Howl, you shepherds, and wail! roll on the ground, leaders of the flock! The time for your slaughter has come; like choice rams you shall fall.

Jeremiah 46:10

Today belongs to the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, vengeance on his foes! The sword devours and is sated, drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the land of the north, on the River Euphrates.

Jeremiah 49:13

By myself I have sworn—oracle of the Lord—Bozrah shall become an object of horror, a disgrace, a desolation, and a curse. Bozrah and all its cities shall become ruins forever.

Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman, has counsel perished from the prudent, is their wisdom gone?

Jeremiah 50:27

Slay all the oxen, take them down to slaughter; Woe to them! their day has come, the time of their punishment.

Jeremiah 51:40

I will bring them down like lambs to slaughter, like rams and goats.

Ezekiel 21:10

and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, have drawn my sword from its scabbard. It cannot return again. Act Symbolic of the City’s Fall.

Ezekiel 35:15

As you rejoiced over the devastation of the heritage of the house of Israel, the same I will do to you: you will become a ruin, Mount Seir, and the whole of Edom, all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 35:8

I will fill its mountains with the slain; those slain by the sword shall fall on your hills, into your valleys and all your ravines.

Amos 1:11

Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and now four— I will not take it back— Because he pursued his brother with the sword, suppressing all pity, Persisting in his anger, his wrath raging without end,

Zephaniah 1:7

Silence in the presence of the Lord God! for near is the day of the Lord, Yes, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated his guests.

Deuteronomy 32:14

Butter from cows and milk from sheep, with the best of lambs; Bashan bulls and goats, with the cream of finest wheat; and the foaming blood of grapes you drank.

Deuteronomy 32:41

When I sharpen my flashing sword, and my hand lays hold of judgment, With vengeance I will repay my foes and requite those who hate me.