 1 The Word of the Lord came again 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 defiled and against the land of Israel when it was ruined and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity, 4 therefore I will give you to the children of the east for a possession. They will set their camp sites among you and put their dwellings among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk. 5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and for the Ammonites a crouching place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 6 For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped the foot and rejoiced in heart with all your spite against the land of Israel, 7 therefore I will stretch out my hand on you and give you as a prize to the nations. I will cut you off from the people and cause you to perish out of the lands. I will destroy you and then you will know that I am the Lord. 8 Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations, 9 therefore I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities, from his borders, the glory of the land, even Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, 10 to the men of the east with the Ammonites. I will give them in possession so that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. 11 I will execute judgments on Moab and they will know that I am the Lord. 12 Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and revenged himself on them; 13 therefore thus says the Lord God: I will also stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut man and beast off from it. And I will make it a waste from Teman, even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword. 14 I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will do in Edom according to my anger and according to my fury. They will know my vengeance, says the Lord God. 15 Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines have taken vengeance. Yes, have taken vengeance with spite in their soul, to destroy with never ending enmity, 16 So the Lord God says this: Behold, I will stretch out my hand on the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and will destroy the rest of the sea coast. 17 I will execute great vengeance on them with rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance on them.
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