^25:6For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced with intense scorn⁷ over the land of Israel, ^25:7take note, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder⁸ to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

A Prophecy Against Moab

^25:8“This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Moab⁹ and Seir say, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.” ^25:9So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank,¹⁰ eliminating the cities,¹¹ including its frontier cities,¹² the beauty of the land—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. ^25:10I will hand it over,¹³ along with the Ammonites,¹⁴ to the tribes¹⁵ of the east, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. ^25:11I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

A Prophecy Against Edom

^25:12“This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom¹⁶ has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable¹⁷ by taking vengeance¹⁸ on them.¹⁹

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Footnotes

7 Heb “with all your scorn in (the) soul.”
8 The translation here follows the marginal reading (Qere) of the Hebrew text. The consonantal text (Kethib) is meaningless.
9 Moab was located immediately south of Ammon.
10 Heb “shoulder.”
11 Heb “from the cities.” The verb “eliminating” has been added in the translation to reflect the privative use of the preposition (see 583 מִן 7.b).
12 Heb “from its cities, from its end.”
13 Heb “I will give it for a possession.”
14 Heb “the sons of Ammon” (twice in this verse).
15 Heb “the sons.”
16 Edom was located south of Moab.
17 Heb “and they have become guilty, becoming guilty.” The infinitive absolute following the finite verb makes the statement emphatic and draws attention to the degree of guilt incurred by Edom due to its actions.
18 Heb “and they have taken vengeance.”
19 Edom apparently in some way assisted in the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/6 b.c. (Ps 137:7; Lam 5:21, 22; Joel 3:19; Obadiah).