Proclamation Against Ammon

25 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “Son of man, ^(A)set your face ^(B)against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them. ³ Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God: ^(C)“Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity, ⁴ indeed, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the ^[a]men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. ⁵ And I will make ^(D)Rabbah ^(E)a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. ^(F)Then you shall know that I am the Lord.”

⁶ ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Because you ^(G)clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and ^(H)rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel, ⁷ indeed, therefore, I will ^(I)stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

Proclamation Against Moab

⁸ ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because ^(J)Moab and ^(K)Seir say, ‘Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,’ ⁹ therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and ^(L)Kirjathaim. ^10 (M)To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites ^(N)may not be remembered among the nations. ¹¹ And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the Lord.”

Proclamation Against Edom

¹² ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(O)“Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,” ¹³ therefore thus says the Lord God: “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; ^[b]Dedan shall fall by the sword. ^14 (P)I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance,” says the Lord God.

Proclamation Against Philistia

¹⁵ ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(Q)“Because ^(R)the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with ^[c]a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the ^[d]old hatred,” ¹⁶ therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(S)“I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the ^(T)Cherethites ^(U)and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. ¹⁷ I will ^(V)execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; ^(W)and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I lay My vengeance upon them.” ’ ”

Proclamation Against Tyre

26 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “Son of man, ^(X)because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ^(Y)‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’

³ “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. ⁴ And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and ^(Z)make her like the top of a rock. ⁵ It shall be a place for spreading nets ^(AA)in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. ⁶ Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. ^(AB)Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’

⁷ “For thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north ^(AC)Nebuchadnezzar^[e] king of Babylon, ^(AD)king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people. ⁸ He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he will ^(AE)heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a ^[f]defense against you. ⁹ He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. ¹⁰ Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. ¹¹ With the hooves of his ^(AF)horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. ¹² They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the ^(AG)midst of the water. ^13 (AH)I will put an end to the sound of ^(AI)your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. ^14 (AJ)I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God.

¹⁵ “Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands not ^(AK)shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you? ¹⁶ Then all the ^(AL)princes of the sea will ^(AM)come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; ^(AN)they will sit on the ground, ^(AO)tremble every moment, and ^(AP)be astonished at you. ¹⁷ And they will take up a ^(AQ)lamentation for you, and say to you:

¹⁹ “For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down ^(AT)with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory ^(AU)in the land of the living. ^21 (AV)I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; ^(AW)though you are sought for, you will never be found again,’ says the Lord God.”

Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

The Faith of the Patriarchs^(A)

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, ^(B)when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, ^18 [a]of whom it was said, ^(C)“In Isaac your seed shall be called,” ¹⁹ concluding that God ^(D)was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

²⁰ By faith ^(E)Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, ^(F)blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

²² By faith ^(G)Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

The Faith of Moses^(H)

²³ By faith ^(I)Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s ^(J)command.

²⁴ By faith ^(K)Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵ choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the ^[b]passing pleasures of sin, ²⁶ esteeming ^(L)the ^[c]reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures ^[d]in Egypt; for he looked to the ^(M)reward.

²⁷ By faith ^(N)he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith ^(O)he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

²⁹ By faith ^(P)they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.

By Faith They Overcame

³⁰ By faith ^(Q)the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. ³¹ By faith ^(R)the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who ^[e]did not believe, when ^(S)she had received the spies with peace.

³² And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of ^(T)Gideon and ^(U)Barak and ^(V)Samson and ^(W)Jephthah, also of ^(X)David and ^(Y)Samuel and the prophets: ³³ who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, ^(Z)stopped the mouths of lions, ^34 (AA)quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. ^35 (AB)Women received their dead raised to life again.

Others were ^(AC)tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. ³⁶ Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and ^(AD)of chains and imprisonment. ^37 (AE)They were stoned, they were sawn in two, ^[f]were tempted, were slain with the sword. ^(AF)They wandered about ^(AG)in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— ³⁸ of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, ^(AH)in dens and caves of the earth.

³⁹ And all these, ^(AI)having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, ⁴⁰ God having provided something better for us, that they should not be ^(AJ)made perfect apart from us.