KJV ORIGINAL
For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
This is the Lord God's day — the day he settles the score with his enemies. The sword will consume everything in its path until it's completely satisfied, drunk on blood. God is making a sacrifice in the northern lands by the Euphrates River.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes God's justice looks like a reckoning that can't be stopped.
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