It won't be long now— disaster will hit Moab!
and killed with arrows. He was no more than a bird rushing into a trap, without knowing it would cost him his life.
Hyenas and wolves will howl from Babylon's fortresses and beautiful palaces. Its time is almost up!
“That's right,” the LORD replied, “and I always rise early to keep a promise.”
Now tell the people that I, the LORD, am going to prove that saying wrong. No one will ever be able to use it again in Israel, because very soon everything I have said will come true!
So tell them that my words will soon come true, just as I have warned. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Soon our enemies will get what they deserve— suddenly they will slip, and total disaster will quickly follow.
They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.