9“Therefore, as I live,” declares the LORD of hosts,
         The God of Israel,
         “Surely Moab will be like Sodom
         And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah—
         A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,
         And a perpetual desolation.
         The remnant of My people will plunder them
         And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”

10This they will have in return for their pride, because they have taunted and become arrogant against the people of the LORD of hosts. 11The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place.

12“You also, O Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword.”

13And He will stretch out His hand against the north
         And destroy Assyria,
         And He will make Nineveh a desolation,
         Parched like the wilderness.

14Flocks will lie down in her midst,
         All beasts which range in herds;
         Both the pelican and the hedgehog
         Will lodge in the tops of her pillars;
         Birds will sing in the window,
         Desolation will be on the threshold;
         For He has laid bare the cedar work.

15This is the exultant city
         Which dwells securely,
         Who says in her heart,
         “I am, and there is no one besides me.”
         How she has become a desolation,
         A resting place for beasts!
         Everyone who passes by her will hiss
         And wave his hand in contempt.

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