⁶ One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another,^(A) because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.

²³ The Ammonites^(A) and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir^(B) to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.^(C)

⁷ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.^(A) There will be famines^(B) and earthquakes in various places.

⁸ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

¹⁰ Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.^(A)