"I knowhis fury,"declaresthe LORD,"But it is futile;His idleboastshave accomplishednothing.
The LORDnullifiesthe counselof the nations;He frustratesthe plansof the peoples.
For not from the east,norfrom the west,Norfrom the desert[comes] exaltation;
Thereis nowisdomand nounderstandingAnd nocounselagainstthe LORD.
We have heardof the prideof Moab,an excessivepride;[Even] of his arrogance,pride,and fury;His idleboastsare false.
"A swordagainstthe oraclepriests,and they will becomefools!A swordagainsther mightymen,and they will be shattered!
