^25:2“Son of man, turn toward¹ the Ammonites² and prophesy against them. ^25:3Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: You said “Aha!” about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile. ^25:4So take note,³ I am about to make you slaves of⁴ the tribes⁵ of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk. ^25:5I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon⁶ a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord. ^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.

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Footnotes

1 Heb “set your face toward.”
2 Heb “the sons of Ammon.” Ammon was located to the east of Israel.
3 The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something and has been translated here with a verb (so also throughout the chapter).
4 Heb “Look I am about to give you for a possession to.”
5 Heb “sons.”
6 Heb “the sons of Ammon.”
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.”