So I will shatterElambeforetheir enemiesAnd beforethose who seektheir lives;And I will bringcalamityupon them, Even My fierceanger,'declaresthe LORD,And I will sendout the swordafterthem UntilI have consumedthem.
The fierceangerof the LORDwill not turnbackUntilHe has performedand untilHe has accomplishedThe intentof His heart;In the latterdaysyou will understandthis.
"Thereis praisefor Moabnolonger;In Heshbonthey have devisedcalamityagainsther: 'Comeand let us cuther offfrom [being] a nation!'You too,Madmen,will be silenced;The swordwill followafteryou.
"Howshatteredit is! [How] they have wailed!HowMoabhas turnedhis back--he is ashamed!So Moabwill becomea laughingstockand an objectof terrorto allaroundhim."
Behold,He will mountup and swooplike an eagleand spreadout His wingsagainstBozrah;and the heartsof the mightymenof Edomin that daywill be like the heartof a womanin labor.
"Damascushas becomehelpless;She has turnedaway to flee,And panichas grippedher; Distressand pangshave takenholdof her Like a woman in childbirth.
"They will takeaway their tentsand their flocks;They will carryofffor themselves Their tentcurtains,alltheir goodsand their camels,And they will callout to one another, 'Terroron everyside!'
Then I will setMy thronein ElamAnd destroyout of it kingand princes,'Declaresthe LORD.
"Behold,I am going to bringterrorupon you," Declaresthe LordGODof hosts,"From all[directions] aroundyou; And eachof you will be drivenout headlong,With nooneto gatherthe fugitivestogether.
"A swordagainstthe oraclepriests,and they will becomefools!A swordagainsther mightymen,and they will be shattered!
"Hear,O earth:behold,I am bringingdisasteron thispeople,The fruitof their plans,Becausethey have not listenedto My words,And as for My law,they have rejectedit also.
thereforethussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,"behold,I will feedthem, thispeople,with wormwoodand givethem poisonedwaterto drink.
"I will scatterthem among the nations,whomneitherthey northeir fathershave known;and I will sendthe swordafterthem untilI have annihilatedthem."
"I will scatterto everywindallwhoare aroundhim, his helpersand allhis troops;and I will drawout a swordafterthem.
whosegravesare setin the remotestpartsof the pitand her companyis roundabouther grave.Allof them are slain,fallenby the sword,whospreadterrorin the landof the living.
Onethirdof you will dieby plagueor be consumedby famineamongyou, onethirdwill fallby the swordaroundyou, and onethirdI will scatterto everywind,and I will unsheathea swordbehindthem.
"Onethirdyou shall burnin the fireat the centerof the city,when the daysof the siegeare completed.Then you shall takeonethirdand strike[it] with the swordallaroundthe city, and onethirdyou shall scatterto the wind;and I will unsheathea swordbehindthem.
You, however, I will scatteramong the nationsand will drawout a swordafteryou, as your landbecomesdesolateand your citiesbecomewaste.
