Thussaysthe LORD,"For threetransgressionsof the sonsof Ammonand for fourI will not revokeits [punishment], Becausethey rippedopenthe pregnantwomenof GileadIn orderto enlargetheir borders.
He also broughtout the peoplewhowere in it, and set[them] under saws,sharpironinstruments,and ironaxes,and made them passthrough the brickkiln.And thushe didto allthe citiesof the sonsof Ammon.Then Davidand allthe peoplereturned[to] Jerusalem.
ThenMenahemstruckTiphsahand allwhowere in it and its bordersfrom Tirzah,becausethey did not open[to him]; therefore he struck[it] and rippedup allits womenwho were with child.
The LORDsentagainst him bandsof Chaldeans,bandsof Arameans,bandsof Moabites,and bandsof Ammonites.So He sentthem against Judahto destroyit, according to the wordof the LORDwhichHe had spokenthroughHis servantsthe prophets.
Hazaelsaid,"Whydoes my lordweep?"Then he answered,"BecauseI knowthe evilthat you will doto the sonsof Israel:their strongholdsyou will seton fire,and their youngmenyou will killwith the sword,and their littleonesyou will dashin pieces,and their womenwith childyou will ripup."
Now it cameabout afterthisthat the sonsof Moaband the sonsof Ammon,togetherwith someof the Meunites,cameto make waragainstJehoshaphat.
"Nowbehold,the sonsof Ammonand Moaband MountSeir,whomYou did not letIsraelinvadewhen they cameout of the landof Egypt(they turnedasidefrom them and did not destroythem),
But when Sanballatthe Horoniteand Tobiahthe Ammoniteofficial,and Geshemthe Arabheard[it], they mockedus and despisedus and said,"Whatis thisthingyou are doing?Are you rebellingagainstthe king?"
Gebaland Ammonand Amalek,Philistiawith the inhabitantsof Tyre;
Woeto those who addhouseto house[and] joinfieldto field,Untilthere is nomoreroom,So that you have to livealonein the midstof the land!
Edom,Moaband the sonsof Ammon;
"And you, sonof man,prophesyand say,'Thussaysthe LordGODconcerningthe sonsof Ammonand concerningtheir reproach,'and say:'A sword,a swordis drawn,polishedfor the slaughter,to cause it to consume,that it may be like lightning--
And the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
"Becauseyou have said,'These twonationsand these twolandswill be mine, and we will possessthem,' although the LORDwas there,
Samariawill be heldguilty,For she has rebelledagainst her God.They will fallby the sword,Their littleoneswill be dashedin pieces,And their pregnantwomenwill be rippedopen.
Return,O Israel,to the LORDyour God,For you have stumbledbecause of your iniquity.
Thussaysthe LORD,"For threetransgressionsof Damascusand for fourI will not revokeits [punishment], Becausethey threshedGileadwith [implements] of sharpiron.
When you comeoppositethe sonsof Ammon,do not harassthem norprovokethem, for I will not giveyou anyof the landof the sonsof Ammonas a possession,becauseI have givenit to the sonsof Lotas a possession.'
