¹¹ When the Judeans in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and the other nearby countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a few people in Judah and that Gedaliah was the governor,

¹⁵ You rejoiced at the desolation of Israel’s territory. Now I will rejoice at yours! You will be wiped out, you people of Mount Seir and all who live in Edom! Then you will know that I am the Lord.

⁵ “Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins.

A Message for Edom

¹² “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Edom have sinned greatly by avenging themselves against the people of Judah.

A Message for Moab

⁸ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the people of Moab^[a] have said that Judah is just like all the other nations,

⁶ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped and danced and cheered with glee at the destruction of my people,

² “Son of man, turn and face the land of Ammon and prophesy against its people.

¹² A third of your people will die in the city from disease and famine. A third of them will be slaughtered by the enemy outside the city walls. And I will scatter a third to the winds, chasing them with my sword.