¹Then the word of the Lord came to me and said, ²“Son of Adam, direct your attention to the Ammonites and prophesy against them, ³and say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of my Lord the Lord. This is what my Lord the Lord says: «Because you said, ‹Ha!› concerning my sanctuary when it was profaned, and concerning the ground of Israel when it was devastated, and concerning the house of Judah when they were deported, ⁴I am about to deliver you to the easterners as a possession, and they will station their encampments among you, and they will locate their tent sites among you. They will devour your fruit, and they will drink your milk. ⁵And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the Ammonite territory a place for sheep to lie down, and you will know that I am the Lord. ⁶For this is what the Lord, the Lord, says: ‹Because you have clapped your hands and stamped with your feet and have rejoiced inwardly with all your contempt for the ground of Israel, ⁷I for my part have stretched out my hand over you, and I will make you a spoil for the Gentiles, and I will cut you off from being one of the various peoples, and I will eliminate you from the various countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the Lord.› » ’ ⁸This is what the Lord, the Lord, says: ‘Because Moab and Seir say, «Look, the house of Judah is like all the Gentiles», ⁹I am about to open up the side of Moab, from the cities, from its cities at its border – the magnificence of the land of Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon and as far as Kiriathaim – ¹⁰to the easterners, together with the Ammonites. And I will give it as a possession, so that the Ammonites may no longer be remembered among the nations. ¹¹And I will administer judgments in Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.’ ¹²This is what the Lord, the Lord, says: ‘Because Edom has acted by taking vengeance on the house of Judah, and they have incurred great guilt and avenged themselves on them, ¹³this is what the Lord, the Lord, says: «I will stretch out my hand over Edom, and I will cut off from her man and beast, and I will make her more of a wasteland than Teman, and the Dedanites will fall by the sword. ¹⁴And I will appoint my vengeance on Edom through the agency of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to my anger and according to my fury, and they will know my vengeance, says the Lord, the Lord.» ’ ¹⁵This is what the Lord, the Lord, says: ‘Because the Philistines have dealt in vengeance and have taken vengeance with inward contempt to settle a longstanding enmity, ¹⁶this is what the Lord, the Lord, says: «I am about to stretch my hand out over the Philistines, and I will cut the Cherethites off, and I will destroy the remainder of the sea coast. ¹⁷And I will exact great vengeance on them with furious punishments, and they will know that I am the Lord when I bring my vengeance on them.» ’ ”