1This message is about the Ammon people-group. This is what Yahweh says:
2There will be a time when I will sound the battle-cry
3You people of Heshbon city [MTY], wail,
4You are [RHQ] very proud of your very fertile valleys,
5But listen to this: 'I, the Commander of the armies of angels,
6But some day I will enable the Ammon people-group to return to their land.
7This message is about the Edom people-group. This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says:
8You people of Dedan city in the south of Edom,
9Those who harvest grapes
10But I will cause everything in Edom to be destroyed, and there will be nothing left,
11But I will protect the orphans,
12And this is also what Yahweh says: “If those who do not deserve to suffer [MET] must suffer, you people of Edom must [RHQ] suffer much more [DOU]! You will not escape being punished.
13I, Yahweh, have solemnly promised, using my own name, that your chief city Bozrah will become a place that people will be horrified about. It will be a heap of ruins. People will make fun of it and use its name when they curse people. All the nearby towns and villages will be a ruins forever.”
14I heard this message from Yahweh:
15And Yahweh says to the people of Edom,
16You have caused people of other nations to be terrified,
17Edom will become a place about which people are horrified;
18Edom will be destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns were destroyed long ago.
19I will come to Edom suddenly like [SIM] a lion comes out of the jungle
20Listen to what I have planned to do to the people of Teman town and the rest of Edom:
21When Edom is destroyed, the noise will be extremely great,
22Look! The enemy troops will swoop/rush down over Bozrah
23This message is about Damascus. This is what Yahweh says:
24The people of Damascus have become very weak,
25That famous city, that I was previously pleased with,
26Its young men will fall in the streets.
27And I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will start a fire to burn the walls that surround Damascus,
28This is a message about the Kedar people-group and the kingdom of Hazor which the army of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon attacked. This is what Yahweh says:
29Their tents and their flocks of sheep will be captured.
30So I, Yahweh, say, ‘Run away quickly!
31But I say to Nebuchadnezzar,
32Your troops will seize their camels and other livestock.
33Hazor will become a place where jackals/wolves live,
34I received this message from Yahweh when King Zedekiah was starting to rule Judah.
35This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says:
36I will bring their enemies from all directions [IDM, DOU],
37Because I am very angry with the people of Elam,
38I, Yahweh, will judge them there [MTY],
39But some day, I will enable the people of Elam to return to their land.