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I will turn Rabbah[a] 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[b] against the land of Israel, therefore you’d better[c] watch out! I’m raising a clenched fist[d] in your direction! I’m about to feed you to the surrounding[e] nations as war plunder. I’m going to eliminate you as a nation and kill off those of you who survive to live in other[f] countries. I’m going to destroy you, and that’s how you’ll learn that I am the Lord.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 25:5 I.e. the capital city of the Ammonites, located east of the Jordan River
  2. Ezekiel 25:6 I.e. expressions of delight upon hearing that disaster has befallen another
  3. Ezekiel 25:7 The Heb. lacks you’d better
  4. Ezekiel 25:7 Lit. I’m stretching out my hand
  5. Ezekiel 25:7 The Heb. lacks surrounding
  6. Ezekiel 25:7 The Heb. lacks other