"Do not enterthe gateof My peopleIn the dayof their disaster.Yes,you, do not gloatover their calamityIn the dayof their disaster.And do not loottheir wealthIn the dayof their disaster.
"Perhapsthe LORDwill lookon my afflictionand returngoodto me insteadof his cursingthisday."
"Have I rejoicedat the extinctionof my enemy,Or exultedwhenevilbefellhim?
I can countallmy bones.They look,they stareat me;
"Alsoher mercenariesin her midstAre like fattenedcalves,For eventhey toohave turnedback[and] have fledaway together;They did not stand[their ground]. For the dayof their calamityhas comeupon them, The timeof their punishment.
"Becauseyou have said,'These twonationsand these twolandswill be mine, and we will possessthem,' although the LORDwas there,
"Becauseyou have hadeverlastingenmityand have deliveredthe sonsof Israelto the powerof the swordat the timeof their calamity,at the timeof the punishmentof the end,
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Becausethe enemyhas spokenagainstyou, 'Aha!'and, 'The everlastingheightshave becomeour possession,'
thereforeprophesyand say,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"For good reasonthey have madeyou desolateand crushedyou from everyside,that you would becomea possessionof the restof the nationsand you have been takenup in the talkand the whisperingof the people."'"
"But I am veryangrywith the nationswho are at ease;for while I was only a littleangry,they furtheredthe disaster."
