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Isaiah 11:14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But they will swoop down on the Philistine flank to the west. Together they will plunder the people of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects.

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Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah in whose land they shed innocent blood.


He will also invade the beautiful land,  and many will fall. But these will escape from his power: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people  of the Ammonites.


About Kedar  and the kingdoms of Hazor, which King Nebuchadnezzar  of Babylon defeated, this is what the Lord says: Rise up, attack Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!


For the Lord’s power will rest on this mountain. But Moab  will be trampled in his place as straw is trampled in a dung pile.


so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name  ,  – this is the declaration of the  Lord; he will do this.


I tell you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet   with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.


Woe, inhabitants of the seacoast, nation of the Cherethites!  , The word of the  Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines: I will destroy you until there is no one left.


The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall face down at your feet. They will call you the City of the  Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.


They will fear the name of the  Lord in the west and his glory in the east;  , for he will come like a rushing stream driven by the wind of the  Lord.


Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you.


And now the Lord says, ‘In three years, as a hired worker counts years,  Moab’s splendour will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.’


I see him, but not now; I perceive him, but not near. A star will come from Jacob, and a sceptre will arise from Israel. He will smash the forehead  of Moab and strike down  all the Shethites.


Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have consumed Israel with open mouths. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.


Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia, because the rod of the one who struck you  is broken. For a viper will come from the root  of a snake, and from its egg comes a flying serpent.


A pronouncement concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night.


Who is this coming from Edom in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah – this one who is splendid in his apparel, striding in his formidable  might? It is I, proclaiming vindication, powerful to save.


When all the Judeans in Moab  and among the Ammonites and in  Edom and in all the other lands  also heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, over them,


For this is what the Lord says: Look! He will swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.


Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upwards, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.


I will take my vengeance  on Edom through my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to my anger and wrath. So they will know my vengeance. This is the declaration of the Lord God.


Their horses are swifter  than leopards and fiercer  than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead; their horsemen come from distant lands. They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.


Therefore, as I live – this is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies, the God of Israel – Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: a place overgrown with weeds, a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the remainder of my nation will dispossess them.


Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east  came and attacked them.


Therefore look, the days are coming   – this is the  Lord’s declaration – when I will make the shout of battle   heard against Rabbah  of the Ammonites. It will become a desolate mound, and its surrounding villages will be set on fire. Israel will dispossess their dispossessors, says the Lord.


The coastland will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; they will find pasture there. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the Lord their God will return to them and restore their fortunes.





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