⁶For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands^z and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,^a ⁷therefore I will stretch out my hand^b against you and give you as plunder^c to the nations. I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy^d you, and you will know that I am the Lord.^e’ ”

A Prophecy Against Moab

⁸“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab^f and Seir^g said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,” ⁹therefore I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning at its frontier towns—Beth Jeshimoth^h, Baal Meonⁱ and Kiriathaim^j—the glory of that land. ¹⁰I will give Moab along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered^k among the nations; ¹¹and I will inflict punishment on Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”^l

A Prophecy Against Edom

¹²“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Edom^m took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so,

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Cross references

zSee Nu 24:10
aSee Eze 6:11; Ob 1:12; Zep 2:8
b Zep 1:4
cSee Nu 14:3
d Eze 21:31
ever 13–14, 17; Am 1:14–15
fSee Ge 19:37; See Dt 23:6; See Isa 16:6
gSee Ge 14:6
hSee Nu 33:49
iSee Nu 32:3; See Jos 13:17
jSee Nu 32:37; See Jos 13:19
k Eze 21:32
l Isa 15:9; 16:1–14; Jer 48:1; Am 2:1–3
mSee 2 Sa 8:13–14; See 2 Ch 28:17; See Isa 11:14