9. Therefore, as surely as I live,’declares the Lord Almighty,the God of Israel,‘surely Moab will become like Sodom,the Ammonites like Gomorrah –a place of weeds and salt pits,a wasteland for ever.The remnant of my people will plunder them;the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.’
10. This is what they will get in return for their pride,for insulting and mockingthe people of the Lord Almighty.
11. The Lord will be awesome to themwhen he destroys all the gods of the earth.Distant nations will bow down to him,all of them in their own lands.
12. ‘You Cushites, too,will be slain by my sword.’
13. He will stretch out his hand against the northand destroy Assyria,leaving Nineveh utterly desolateand dry as the desert.