The word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, set your face
toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them. Say to the
Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus says the Lord GOD,
Because you said, ‘Aha!’ over my sanctuary when it was profaned,
and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the
house of Judah when they went into exile, therefore behold, I am
handing you over to the people of the East for a possession, and
they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings
in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your
milk. I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a fold for
flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD. For thus says the
Lord GOD: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet
and rejoiced with all the malice within your soul against the land
of Israel, therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against
you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will
cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the
countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the
LORD.
“Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab and Seir said, ‘Behold, the
house of Judah is like all the other nations,’ therefore I will lay
open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its
frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and
Kiriathaim. I will give it along with the Ammonites to the people
of the East as a possession, that the Ammonites may be remembered
no more among the nations, and I will execute judgments upon Moab.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.
“Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom acted revengefully against
the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance
on them, therefore thus says the Lord GOD, I will stretch out my
hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will
make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the
sword. And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my
people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and
according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares
the Lord GOD.
“Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines acted
revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy in
never-ending enmity, therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I
will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut
off the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. I will
execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they
will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”
