A Message About Ammon

49 Concerning the Ammonites:^(A)

This is what the Lord says:

³ Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you said “Aha!^(A)” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated^(B) and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,^(C)

⁶ For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands^(A) and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,^(B)

A Prophecy Against Moab

⁸ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab^(A) and Seir^(B) said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,”