For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, ‘Here I am.’”

But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.

So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.

You say, ‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say, ‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

But the sovereign Lord helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame.

So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine!

Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, the powerful ruler of Israel, says this: “Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.

Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.

As I have done to Samaria and its idols, so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.”

For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.

For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

We have heard about Moab’s pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty!

So Moab wails over its demise – they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

So my heart constantly sighs for Moab, like the strumming of a harp, my inner being sighs for Kir Hareseth.

So in the east extol the Lord, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the Lord God of Israel.

So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of powerful nations will fear you.

As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O Lord.

Therefore, listen to the Lord’s word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!

Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her ‘Proud one who is silenced.’”