For very soon my fury will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction.”

In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

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.

Now the Lord makes this announcement: “Within exactly three years Moab’s splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left.”