therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East(A) as a possession. They will set up their camps(B) and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.(C) I will turn Rabbah(D) into a pasture for camels and Ammon into a resting place for sheep.(E) Then you will know that I am the Lord. For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands(F) and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,(G)

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A Prophecy Against Edom

12 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Edom(A) took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so, 13 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand(B) against Edom and kill both man and beast.(C) I will lay it waste, and from Teman(D) to Dedan(E) they will fall by the sword.(F) 14 I will take vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger(G) and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”(H)

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