clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Moab and Seir say, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.”

Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.

Judah and the land of Israel were your clients; they traded wheat from Minnith, millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your merchandise.

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your trade partners; for lambs, rams, and goats they traded with you.

All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid – their faces are troubled.

The traders among the peoples hiss at you; you have become a horror, and will be no more.’”

You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you.

They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities.

The young men of On and of Pi-beseth will die by the sword; and the cities will go into captivity.

On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals will walk on its branches.

In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

“Assyria is there with all her assembly around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword.

“But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those killed by the sword.

They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.

As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!

When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’

He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet, and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet.