A Message Rebuking Moab and Seir

⁸ “This is what the Lord God says: ‘Because Moab and Seir are claiming, “Judah’s citizens are^[a] just like every other^[b] nation,” ⁹ therefore you’d better watch out! I’m going to tear open Moab’s flanks, starting with its frontier cities—the very glory of the nation!—including Beth-jeshimoth,^[c] Baal-meon,^[d] and Kiriathaim.^{[e] 10} I’m going to turn these cities^[f] over to men^[g] from the East, who will dominate you. You will become their property. As a result, Ammon will be forgotten as a nation. ¹¹ I’m also going to punish Moab, and that’s how they’ll learn that I am the Lord.’”