EZEKIEL 25 [†]The word of the LORD came to me: 2[^] w “Son of man,  x set your face toward  y the Ammonites and prophesy against them. 3[†]Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD:  z Thus says the Lord GOD, Because you said,  a ‘Aha!’ over my  b sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile, 4[†]therefore behold, I am handing you over to  c the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5I will make  d Rabbah a  e pasture for camels and Ammon [1]  e a fold for flocks.  v Then you will know that I am the LORD. 6[†]For thus says the Lord GOD: Because  f you have clapped your hands  g and stamped your feet and  h rejoiced with all the  i malice within your soul against the land of Israel, 7therefore, behold,  j I have stretched out my hand against you, and  k will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

8[†]“Thus says the Lord GOD: Because  l Moab and  m Seir [2] said, ‘Behold, the  n house of Judah is like all the other nations,’ 9[†]therefore  l I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country,  o Beth-jeshimoth,  p Baal-meon, and  q Kiriathaim. 10[†]I will give it  r along with the Ammonites  s to the people of the East as a possession,  t that the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, 11 l and I will execute judgments upon Moab.  u Then they will know that I am the LORD.

12[†]“Thus says the Lord GOD: Because  v Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended  w in taking vengeance on them, 13therefore thus says the Lord GOD,  x I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from  y Teman even to  z Dedan they shall fall by the sword. 14And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom  a by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and  b they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.

15[†]“Thus says the Lord GOD: Because  c the Philistines  d acted revengefully and took vengeance  e with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, 16therefore thus says the Lord GOD,  x Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off  f the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. 17I will execute great vengeance on them  g with wrathful rebukes.  h Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”