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PROPHETS
25:6–26:3
turn the city of Rabbah into a pasture for camels, and all the land of the
Ammonites into a resting place for sheep and goats. Then you will know
that I am the Lord.
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped and danced
and cheered with glee at the destruction of my people, I will raise my fist
of judgment against you. I will give you as plunder to many nations. I will
cut you off from being a nation and destroy you completely. Then you will
know that I am the Lord.
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the people of Moab have
said that Judah is just like all the other nations, I will open up their eastern
flank and wipe out their glorious frontier towns—Beth-jeshim
oth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim. And I will hand Moab over to nomads from the
eastern deserts, just as I handed over Ammon. Yes, the Ammonites will
no longer be counted among the nations. In the same way, I will bring my
judgment down on the Moabites. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Edom have sinned
greatly by avenging themselves against the people of Judah. Therefore, says
the Sovereign Lord, I will raise my fist of judgment against Edom. I will
wipe out its people and animals with the sword. I will make a wasteland
of everything from Teman to Dedan. I will accomplish this by the hand
of my people of Israel. They will carry out my vengeance with anger, and
Edom will know that this vengeance is from me. I, the Sovereign Lord,
have spoken!
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Philistia have acted
against Judah out of bitter revenge and long-standing contempt. There
fore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will raise my fist of judgment
against the land of the Philistines. I will wipe out the Kerethites and utterly
destroy the people who live by the sea. I will execute terrible vengeance
against them to punish them for what they have done. And when I have
inflicted my revenge, they will know that I am the Lord.”
On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this
message came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, Tyre has rejoiced over
the fall of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Ha! She who was the gateway to the rich
trade routes to the east has been broken, and I am the heir! Because she
has been made desolate, I will become wealthy!’
“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am your enemy,
