² Thus says the Lord God: “Because ^(A)the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! ^(B)The ^[a]ancient heights ^(C)have become our possession,’ ” ’

¹⁰ “Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will ^(A)possess them,’ although ^(B)the Lord was there,

³ Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God: ^(A)“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,

To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.

⁵ therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(A)“Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, ^(B)who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and ^[a]spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’

² “Son of man, ^(A)because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ^(B)‘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.’