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And you shall say to the sons of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Because you rejoiced over my holy things when they were profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into captivity,
therefore, behold, I am handing you over to the sons of Kedem for an inheritance. And they shall encamp with their baggage among you and shall set their tents among you; they shall eat your fruits and they shall drink your fatness.
therefore I will stretch out my hand against you and will give you for plunder among the nations; and I will utterly destroy you from among the peoples and will bring you to ruin out of the lands; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
therefore, behold, I am weakening the shoulder of Moab, from his frontier cities, a choice land, the house of Asimouth above the spring of the city by the sea.
therefore thus says the Lord: I will also stretch out my hand against Idumea, and I will utterly destroy from it man and beast, and I will make it a desert; and from Thaiman those pursued shall fall by the sword.
And I will lay my vengeance upon Idumea by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall deal with Idumea according to my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord.
therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I am stretching out my hand against the Philistines, and I will utterly destroy the Cretans, and I will destroy the remnant who dwell on the seacoast.