2:6 Indeed, O Lord,
the descendants of Jacob.
For diviners from the east are everywhere;
they consult omen readers like the Philistines do.
Plenty of foreigners are around.
9:12 Syria from the east,
and the Philistines from the west,
they gobbled up Israelite territory.
Despite all this, his anger does not subside,
and his hand is ready to strike again.
11:14 They will swoop down
together they will loot the people of the east.
They will take over Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites will be their subjects.