| 1 | The word of the Lord came to me, saying, |
| 2 | "Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them. |
| 3 | Say to the Ammonites, `Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God: "Because you said, `Aha!` against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity, |
| 4 | indeed, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. |
| 5 | And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the Lord." |
| 6 | For thus says the Lord God: "Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel, |
| 7 | indeed, therefore, I will 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 cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord." |
| 8 | `Thus says the Lord God: "Because Moab and Seir say, `Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,` |
| 9 | therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim. |
| 10 | To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. |
| 11 | And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the Lord." |
| 12 | `Thus says the Lord God: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them," |
| 13 | therefore thus says the Lord God: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword. |
| 14 | I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord God. |
| 15 | `Thus says the Lord God: "Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred," |
| 16 | therefore thus says the Lord God: "I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. |
| 17 | I will execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I lay My vengeance upon them." ` " |