“Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.”
Therefore God will stretch out His hand against Ammon, give them to the nations as plunder, and cut them off from the peoples so that they know He is the Lord. The stretching out of God's hand recalls divine acts of power throughout Israel's history, now deployed against an enemy; this teaches that God's covenantal power is not restricted to Israel's benefit but encompasses universal judgment. The final clause—'that they may know that I am the Lord'—reveals the didactic purpose of judgment: even in destruction, nations learn divine sovereignty.
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