Dual Panel1THE WORD of the Lord came again to me, saying,
2Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
3And say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God, for thus says the Lord God: Because you said Aha! over My sanctuary when it was profaned and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate and over the house of Judah when it went into captivity {and} exile,
4Therefore behold, I am delivering you to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst; they shall eat your fruit and they shall drink your milk.
5And I will make Rabbah [your chief city] a stable for camels and [the cities of] the Ammonites a fold for flocks. And you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].
6For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped with the feet and rejoiced [in heart] with all the contempt, malice, {and} spite that is in you against the land of Israel,
7Therefore behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and will hand you over for a prey {and} a spoil to the nations, and I will cut you off from the peoples and will cause you to perish {and} be lost out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then will you know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].
8Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab says, as does Seir [Edom], Behold, the house of Judah is like all the [heathen] nations,
9Therefore behold, I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontiers {and} in every quarter, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.
10I will give it along with the children of Ammon to the people of the East for a possession, that it {and} the children of Ammon may not be [any more seriously] remembered among the nations.
11And I will execute judgments {and} punishments upon Moab, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].
12Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance and has greatly offended {and} has become doubly guilty by taking revenge upon them,
13Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and will cut off {and} root out man and beast from it, and I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.
14And I will lay My vengeance upon Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they shall do upon Edom according to My anger and according to My wrath, and they shall know My vengeance, says the Lord God.
15Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines have dealt revengefully and have taken vengeance contemptuously, with malice {and} spite in their hearts, to destroy in perpetual enmity,
16Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites [an immigration in Philistia] and destroy the remainder of the seacoast.
17And I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes {and} chastisements, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, when I lay My vengeance upon them.