^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.’ ”

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Footnotes

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.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir said, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,’ therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. I will give it along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, that the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, and I will execute judgments upon Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,” therefore I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning at its frontier towns—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon and Kiriathaim—the glory of that land. I will give Moab along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered among the nations; and I will inflict punishment on Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“ ‘This is what the Lord God says: Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.” Therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank beginning with its frontier cities, the splendor of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. I will give it along with Ammon to the people of the east as a possession, so that Ammon will not be remembered among the nations. So I will execute judgments against Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the people of Moab have said that Judah is just like all the other nations, I will open up their eastern flank and wipe out their glorious frontier towns—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. And I will hand Moab over to nomads from the eastern deserts, just as I handed over Ammon. Yes, the Ammonites will no longer be counted among the nations. In the same way, I will bring my judgment down on the Moabites. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of Moab and Seir saying, ‘The house of Judah is like all of the nations,’ therefore, look! I am opening the side of Moab from the cities on its frontier, the glory of the land: Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. I will give it to the people of the East in addition to the Ammonites as a possession, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered among the nations. And on Moab I will execute punishments, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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