| Chapter
25 |
| 1 | The
word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, |
| 2 | Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and
prophesy against them; |
| 3 |
And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Because thou saidst, 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; |
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4 | Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for
a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their
dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. |
| 5 | And I will make Rabbah a
stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall
know that I am the LORD. |
| 6 |
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and
stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the
land of Israel; |
| 7 | Behold,
therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a
spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause
thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know
that I am the LORD. |
| 8 |
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house
of Judah is like unto all the heathen; |
| 9 | 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,
Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | And I will
execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD. |
| 12 | Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance,
and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; |
| 13 | Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I
will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from
it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the
sword. |
| 14 | And I will lay
my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in
Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my
vengeance, saith the Lord GOD. |
| 15
| Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by
revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for
the old hatred; |
| 16 |
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon
the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of
the sea coast. |
| 17 | And I
will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall
know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. |
