⁶ The seacoast shall be pastures,
With ^[b]shelters for shepherds ^(I)and folds for flocks.
⁷ The coast shall be for ^(J)the remnant of the house of Judah;
They shall feed their flocks there;
In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God will ^(K)intervene^[c] for them,
And ^(L)return their captives.

⁸ “I^(M) have heard the reproach of Moab,
And ^(N)the insults of the people of Ammon,
With which they have reproached My people,
And ^(O)made arrogant threats against their borders.
⁹ Therefore, as I live,”
Says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Surely ^(P)Moab shall be like Sodom,
And ^(Q)the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—
^(R)Overrun^[d] with weeds and saltpits,
And a ^[e]perpetual desolation.
The residue of My people shall plunder them,
And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”

¹⁰ This they shall have ^(S)for their pride,
Because they have reproached and made arrogant threats
Against the people of the Lord of hosts.
¹¹ The Lord will be awesome to them,
For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth;
^(T)People shall worship Him,
Each one from his place,
Indeed all ^(U)the shores of the nations.

¹² “You^(V) Ethiopians also,
You shall be slain by ^(W)My sword.”

¹³ And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
^(X)Destroy Assyria,
And make Nineveh a desolation,
As dry as the wilderness.
¹⁴ The herds shall lie down in her midst,
^(Y)Every beast of the nation.
Both the ^(Z)pelican and the bittern
Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars;
Their voice shall sing in the windows;
Desolation shall be at the threshold;
For He will lay bare the ^(AA)cedar work.
¹⁵ This is the rejoicing city
^(AB)That dwelt securely,
^(AC)That said in her heart,
“I am it, and there is none besides me.”
How has she become a desolation,
A place for beasts to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her
^(AD)Shall hiss and ^(AE)shake his fist.