⁵ Because you cherished an ancient enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment,^(A)

¹⁰ Because you said, “These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them”—although the Lord was there^(A)—

² Thus says the Lord God: Because the enemy said of you, “Aha!” and, “The ancient heights have become our possession,”^(A)

³ therefore prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord God: Because they made you desolate indeed and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and an object of gossip and slander among the people,^(A)