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Judgment on Gentile Nations—Ammon

¹ The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,² "Son of man, set your face toward the ^(F1)(C1)Ammonites and prophesy against them.³ "And say to the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD, for thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you said, '^(C1)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 exile,⁴ therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the ^(C1)people of the East as a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will ^(C2)eat your fruit and drink your milk.⁵ "I will make ^(C1)Rabbah your chief city a pasture for camels and the cities of the Ammonites a resting place for flocks of sheep. And you will know without any doubt that I am the LORD."⁶ 'For thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you have ^(C1)clapped your hands and stamped your feet and ^(C2)rejoiced with all the contempt, and malice, and spite of your soul against the land of Israel,⁷ therefore, behold, I have ^(C1)stretched out My hand against you and will hand you over as prey and ^(C2)spoil to the nations. And I will ^(C3)cut you off from the peoples and will ^(C4)cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you. Then you shall ^(C5)know without any doubt that I am the LORD." ^(VR1)

Moab

⁸ 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because ^(F1)(C1)Moab and Seir (Edom) say, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the pagan nations,'⁹ therefore, behold, I will deprive the flank of Moab of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, ^(C1)Beth-jeshimoth, ^(C2)Baal-meon and ^(C3)Kiriathaim.¹⁰ "I will give it, along with the children of Ammon, to the ^(C1)people of the East as a possession, so that the children of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations any longer.¹¹ "Thus I will execute judgment and punishment on Moab, and they will know without any doubt that I am the LORD." ^(VR1)

Edom

¹² 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because ^(F1)(C1)Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and has incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,"¹³ therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also ^(C1)stretch out My hand against Edom and I will ^(C2)cut off and destroy man and beast. I will make it desolate; from ^(C3)Teman even to ^(C4)Dedan they will fall by the sword.¹⁴ "^(C1)I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom ^(C2)in accordance with My anger and My wrath, and they will know and experience My vengeance," says the Lord GOD. ^(VR1)

Philistia

¹⁵ 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the ^(F1)Philistines have acted ^(C1)revengefully and have taken vengeance contemptuously with malice in their hearts to destroy with everlasting hostility and hatred,"¹⁶ therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will ^(C1)stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the ^(F1)(C2)Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.¹⁷ "I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes and chastisements and they will ^(C1)know without any doubt that I am the LORD when I lay My vengeance on them."'" ^(VR1)