Dual PanelProphecies against foreign nations
1THIS word of the LORD came to me:
2“O man, face towards the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
3Say this to them: Listen to the word of the Lord GOD. He says: Because you cried ‘Hurrah!’ when my holy place was desecrated, when Israel's land was laid waste, and the people of Judah sent into exile,
4I am giving you into the possession of tribes from the east. They will pitch their tents and establish their camps among you; they will eat your crops and drink your milk.
5I shall turn Rabbah into a camel pasture and Ammon into a sheep-walk. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.
6“These are the words of the Lord GOD: Because you clapped your hands and stamped your feet and exulted over the land of Israel with spiteful contempt,
7I shall stretch out my hand over you and give you up to be plundered by the nations. I shall cut you off from other peoples, destroy you in every land, and bring you to ruin. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.
8“The Lord GOD says: Because Moab said, ‘Judah is like all other nations,’
9I shall expose the flank of Moab and from one end to the other lay open its towns, the glory of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.
10I shall give Moab and Ammon into the possession of tribes from the east, so that all memory of the Ammonites will be blotted out among the nations,
11and so that I may execute judgement upon Moab. Thus they will know that I am the LORD.
12“The Lord GOD says: Because Edom exacted harsh revenge on Judah and by so doing incurred lasting guilt,
13I shall stretch my hand out over Edom, says the Lord GOD, and destroy both people and animals in it, laying waste the land from Teman as far as Dedan; they will fall by the sword.
14I shall wreak my vengeance on Edom through my people Israel. They will deal with Edom as my anger and fury demand, and it will feel my vengeance. This is the word of the Lord GOD.
15“The Lord GOD says: Because the Philistines have resorted to revenge, avenging themselves with spiteful contempt, and destroying to satisfy an age-long enmity,
16I shall stretch out my hand over the Philistines, says the Lord GOD. I shall wipe out the Kerethites and destroy the other dwellers by the sea.
17I shall take mighty vengeance upon them and punish them in my fury. When I exact my vengeance, they will know that I am the LORD.”