30:23 He will water the seed you plant in the ground,
and the ground will produce crops in abundance. 1
At that time 2 your cattle will graze in wide pastures.
34:6 The Lord’s sword is dripping with blood,
it is covered 3 with fat;
it drips 4 with the blood of young rams and goats
and is covered 5 with the fat of rams’ kidneys.
For the Lord is holding a sacrifice 6 in Bozrah, 7
a bloody 8 slaughter in the land of Edom.
1 tn Heb “and he will give rain for your seed which you plant in the ground, and food [will be] the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and abundant.”
2 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).
3 tn The verb is a rare Hotpaal passive form. See GKC 150 §54.h.
4 tn The words “it drips” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn The words “and is covered” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “for there is a sacrifice to the Lord.”
7 sn The Lord’s judgment of Edom is compared to a bloody sacrificial scene.
8 tn Heb “great” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).