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therefore you’d better look out! I’m going to turn you over to men[a] from the East, who will dominate you. You will become their property. They will set up military encampments and permanent places[b] in which to live among you, and then they’ll eat your fruit and drink your milk. I will turn Rabbah[c] into a pasture for camels, and Ammon will become a resting place for flocks of sheep. That’s how they’ll learn that I am the Lord.”’”

Why God Condemned Ammon

“This is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you’ve applauded, stamped your feet, and rejoiced with all sorts of malice in your heart[d] against the land of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 25:4 Lit. to children
  2. Ezekiel 25:4 Lit. tents
  3. Ezekiel 25:5 I.e. the capital city of the Ammonites, located east of the Jordan River
  4. Ezekiel 25:6 I.e. expressions of delight upon hearing that disaster has befallen another