The Lord’s sword is covered with blood. It drips with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Jeremiah 12:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the Lord has a sword that devours from one end of the earth to the other. No one has peace. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Destroyers have come upon all the bare heights in the desert, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land even to the other; no flesh has peace or can find the means to escape. American Standard Version (1901) Destroyers are come upon all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh hath peace. Common English Bible Over all the desert roads destroyers march; for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land to the other; no one is safe. Catholic Public Domain Version The devastators have arrived, over all the ways of the wilderness. For the sword of the Lord will devour, from one end of the earth even to its furthest limits. There is no peace for all that is flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The spoilers are come upon all the ways of the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end of the land to the other end thereof: there is no peace for all flesh. |
The Lord’s sword is covered with blood. It drips with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
If they ask you, “Where will we go? ” tell them: This is what the Lord says: Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword. Those destined for famine, to famine; those destined for captivity, to captivity.
‘For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place. Don’t go to lament or sympathise with them, for I have removed my peace from these people as well as my faithful love and compassion.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
Look to the barren heights and see. Where have you not been immoral? You sat waiting for them beside the roads like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
A sound is heard on the barren heights: the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, for they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the Lord their God.
This is what the Lord says: We have heard a cry of terror, of dread #– #there is no peace.
‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming freedom, each for his fellow Hebrew and for his neighbour. I hereby proclaim freedom for you #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #to the sword, to plague, and to famine! I will make you a horror to all the earth’s kingdoms.
For this is what the Lord says: ‘The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.
That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Armies, a day of vengeance to avenge himself against his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satisfied; it will drink its fill of their blood, because it will be a sacrifice to the Lord, the God of Armies, in the northern land by the River Euphrates.
Oh, sword of the Lord! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent!
There is no longer praise for Moab; they plan harm against her in Heshbon: Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood. Also, Madmen, you will be silenced; the sword will follow you.
We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
‘Or suppose I bring a sword against that land and say, “Let a sword pass through it,” so that I wipe out both people and animals from it.
‘Now you, son of man, prophesy, and say, “This is what the Lord God says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt.” You are to proclaim, “A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning.
Since I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will therefore come out of its sheath against all humanity from the south to the north.
‘Son of man, prophesy, “This is what the Lord says! ” You are to proclaim, “A sword! A sword is sharpened and also polished.
You are to burn a third of it in the city when the days of the siege have ended; you are to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind, for I will draw a sword to chase after them.
But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
And if they are driven by their enemies into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will keep my eye on them for harm and not for good.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood while my sword devours flesh – the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.’
Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.