"Now sothat your heartdoes not growfaint,And you are not afraidat the reportthat [will be] heardin the land--For the reportwill comeone year,And afterthat another reportin another year,And violence[will be] in the landWith ruleragainstruler--
"Behold,I will puta spiritin him so that he will heara rumorand returnto his own land.And I will make him fallby the swordin his own land."'"
For the sonsof Ammonand Moabroseup againstthe inhabitantsof MountSeirdestroying[them] completely;and when they had finishedwith the inhabitantsof Seir,they helpedto destroyoneanother.
"[It is] God[who] has made my heartfaint,And the Almighty[who] has dismayedme,
If you are slackin the dayof distress,Your strengthis limited.
"So I will inciteEgyptiansagainst Egyptians;And they will eachfightagainst his brotherand eachagainst his neighbor,Cityagainst city[and] kingdomagainst kingdom.
"Do not fear,for I am with you; I will bringyour offspringfrom the east,And gatheryou from the west.
"But as for you, O JacobMy servant,do not fear,Norbe dismayed,O Israel!For, see,I am going to saveyou from afar,And your descendantsfrom the landof their captivity;And Jacobwill returnand be undisturbedAnd secure,with noonemaking [him] tremble.
"O JacobMy servant,do not fear,"declaresthe LORD,"For I am with you. For I will makea fullendof allthe nationsWhereI have drivenyou, Yet I will not makea fullendof you; But I will correctyou properlyAnd by nomeansleaveyou unpunished."
"But when these thingsbeginto take place,straightenup and liftup your heads,becauseyour redemptionis drawing near."
When they blew300trumpets,the LORDsetthe swordof oneagainst anothereven throughoutthe wholearmy;and the armyfledas faras Beth-shittahtoward Zererah,as faras the edgeof Abel-meholah,by Tabbath.
