- 1The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
- 2Son of man, set your face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:
- 3and tell the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord the Lord: Thus says the Lord the Lord, Because you said, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:
- 4therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.
- 5I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a resting place for flocks: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
- 6For thus says the Lord the Lord: Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of your soul against the land of Israel;
- 7therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand on you, and will deliver you for a plunder to the nations; and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
- 8Thus says the Lord the Lord: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations;
- 9therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,
- 10to the children of the east, to go against the children of Ammon; and I will give them for a possession, that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations.
- 11and I will execute judgments on Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
- 12Thus says the Lord the Lord: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged himself on them;
- 13therefore thus says the Lord the Lord, I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even to Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
- 14I will lay my vengeance on 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, says the Lord the Lord.
- 15Thus says the Lord the Lord: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with despite of soul to destroy with perpetual hostility;
- 16therefore thus says the Lord the Lord, Behold, I will stretch out my hand on the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
- 17I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance on them.