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word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them. 3 Say to the Ammonites: ‘Hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says, “Because you said: ‘Aha!’ about My sanctuary when it was desecrated, and about the land of Israel when it was laid waste, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile; 4 therefore I am handing you over to the men of the East for a possession. They will set up their encampments and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit, and they will drink your milk. 5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord”.
6 ‘For this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet, and rejoiced with all the malice in your heart against the land of Israel; 7 behold, I will therefore stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and I will exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
8 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Because Moab and Seir said, ‘Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations’; 9 therefore, behold, I will expose the flank of Moab, commencing with its frontier cities, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, the glory of that land. 10 I will give Moab along with Ammon to the people of the East as a possession, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered among the nations. 11 So I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.
12 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and has incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them”, 13 therefore this is what the Lord God says: “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it desolate, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. 14 I will wreak My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with My anger and in accordance with My wrath. So they will know My vengeance”, says the Lord God.
15 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, destroying through their ancient hatred”, 16 therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the coastal peoples. 17 I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I take My vengeance on them” ’.”