CHAPTER 25
Tell
the Ammonites
to hear
the word
of the Lord
GOD,
for this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Because
you exclaimed,
“Aha!”
when My sanctuary
was profaned,
when the land
of Israel
was laid waste,
and
when the house
of Judah
went
into exile,
therefore
I will indeed
give you
as a possession
to the people
of the east.
They will set up
their encampments
and pitch
their tents among you.
They
will eat
your fruit
and drink
your milk.
I will make
Rabbah
a pasture
for camels,
and Ammon
a resting place for
sheep.
Then you will know
that
I
am the LORD.’
For
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Because
you clapped
your hands,
and stomped
your feet
and rejoiced
over
the land
of Israel
with a heart
full
of contempt,
therefore
I will indeed
stretch out
My hand
against you
and give you
as plunder
to the nations.
I will cut you off
from
the peoples
and exterminate you
from
the countries.
I will destroy you,
and you will know
that
I
am the LORD.’
This is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Because
Moab
and Seir
said,
“Look,
the house
of Judah
is like all
the other nations,”
therefore
I will indeed
expose
the flank
of Moab
beginning with its frontier
cities—
Beth-jeshimoth,
Baal-meon,
and Kiriathaim—
the glory
of the land.
I will give it
along with
the Ammonites
as a possession
to the people
of the East,
so that
the Ammonites
will no longer
be remembered
among the nations.
This is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Because
Edom
acted
vengefully
against the house
of Judah
and in so doing
incurred grievous guilt,
therefore
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
I will stretch out
My hand
against
Edom
and cut off
from it
both man
and beast.
I will make
it a wasteland,
and from Teman
to Dedan
they will fall
by the sword.
I will take
My vengeance
on Edom
by the hand
of My people
Israel,
and they will deal
with Edom
according to My anger
and wrath.
Then they will know
My vengeance,
declares
the Lord
GOD.’
This is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Because
the Philistines
acted
in vengeance
and took revenge
with contempt
of heart,
to destroy Judah
with ancient
hostility,
therefore
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
Behold,
I will stretch out
My hand
against
the Philistines,
and I will cut off
the Cherethites
and destroy
the remnant
along
the coast.
I will execute
great
vengeance
against them
with furious
reproof,
and they will know
that
I
am the LORD
when I take
My vengeance
upon them.’”