rsv Ezekiel:25:1-17 SEEK
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The word of the LORD came to me :
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Son of man ,
set your face toward the Ammonites ,
and prophesy against them .
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Say to the Ammonites ,
Hear the word of the Lord GOD :
Thus says the Lord GOD ,
Because you said , `
Aha !'
over my sanctuary when it was profaned ,
and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate ,
and over the house of Judah when it went into exile ;
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therefore I am handing you over to 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 .
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I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the cities of the Ammonites a fold for flocks .
Then you will know that I am the LORD .
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For thus says the Lord GOD :
Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within you against the land of Israel ,
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therefore ,
behold ,
I have stretched out my hand against you ,
and will hand you over as spoil 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 .
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Thus says the Lord GOD :
Because Moab said ,
Behold ,
the house of Judah is like all the other nations ,
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therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities on its frontier ,
the glory of the country ,
Beth-jesh '
imoth ,
Ba '
al-me '
on ,
and Kiriatha '
im .
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I will give it along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession ,
that it may be remembered no more among the nations ,
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and I will execute judgments upon Moab .
Then they will know that I am the LORD .
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Thus says the Lord GOD :
Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance upon them ,
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therefore thus says the Lord GOD ,
I will stretch out my hand against Edom ,
and cut off from it man and beast ;
and I will make it desolate ;
from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword .
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And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel ;
and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath ;
and they shall know my vengeance ,
says the Lord GOD .
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Thus says the Lord GOD :
Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of heart to destroy in never-ending enmity ;
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therefore thus says the Lord GOD ,
Behold ,
I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines ,
and I will cut off the Cher '
ethites ,
and destroy the rest of the seacoast .
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I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful chastisements .
Then they will know that I am the LORD ,
when I lay my vengeance upon them ."