Prophecies against various nations
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The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 2 📚“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them,3 📚and say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God: Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against my sanctuary, when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity, 4 📚so, look, I will hand you over to the men of the east as a possession, and they will set up their camps among you, and make their dwellings among you. They will eat your fruit, and drink your milk. 5 📚And I will make Rabbah 📖 a stable for camels, and the land of the Ammonites a resting place for flocks; and you will know that I am the LORD. 6 📚For thus says the Lord God: Because you clapped your hands, and stamped with your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your scorn against the land of Israel, 7 📚so, look, I will stretch out my hand over you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples, and will obliterate you from the countries. I will destroy you; and you will know that I am the LORD”.
25:3-7 Rejoicing in the ruin of others, especially the ruin of God’s people, reveals a malicious nature worthy of severe punishment.⚜
8 📚Thus says the Lord God: “Because Moab 📖 and Seir say, ‘See, the house of Judah is like all the nations’, 9 📚therefore, look, I will strip bare the sides of Moab, from the cities, from its frontier cities, the glory of the country, Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon, and Kiriathaim, together with the Ammonites, 10 📚by the men of the east, and will give them possession of it, so that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. 11 📚And I will execute judgments on Moab; and they will know that I am the Lord”.
12 📚“Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom 📖 has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and avenged itself on them, 13 📚therefore thus says the Lord God: I will also stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it. And I will make it desolate from Teman; and those of Dedan will fall by the sword. 14 📚And I will take my vengeance on Edom by the hands of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger and my fury. And they will know my vengeance, says the Lord God”.
15 📚Thus says the Lord God: “Because the Philistines 📖 have acted out of revenge, and have taken vengeance with a scornful heart, to destroy it out of their old hatred, 16 📚therefore thus says the Lord God: See, I will stretch out my hand over the Philistines, and I will cut off the Kerethites, and destroy the rest of the sea coast. 17 📚And I will execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; and they will know that I am the LORD, when I take my vengeance on them”.