1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the
2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury
3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come
6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with
7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with
8 For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of
9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust
10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall
11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also
12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none
13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild
15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and
16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these
17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it