“Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.”
Therefore, as I live, declares the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them—the oath formula ('as I live') establishes irrevocability; Moab and Ammon face total destruction comparable to Sodom's. The vegetation of nettles and salt pits symbolizes permanent desolation. Yet again, Judah's remnant inherits the judgment-land.
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