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The coastland will belong
to the remnant of the house of Judah;
they will find pasture there.
They will lie down in the evening
among the houses of Ashkelon,
for the Lord their God will return to them
and restore their fortunes.(A)

I have heard the taunting(B) of Moab
and the insults of the Ammonites,(C)
who have taunted my people
and threatened their territory.
Therefore, as I live –
this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies,
the God of Israel –
Moab will be like Sodom(D)
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah:(E)
a place overgrown with weeds,
a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.
The remnant of my people will plunder them;
the remainder of my nation will dispossess them.

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