I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made it worse.

我甚恼怒那安逸的列国，因我从前稍微恼怒我民，他们就加害过分。’

我非常恼怒那享安逸的列国，因我从前稍微恼怒，他们就越发加害。

我非常恼怒那享安逸的列国，因我从前稍微恼怒，他们就越发加害。

我对安逸的列国充满愤怒，因为我只是对我的子民稍微不满，列国却大肆祸害他们。’

我向那些安逸的列国大大恼怒，因为我只是稍微恼怒我的子民，他们却加深他们的祸害。

我甚惱怒那安逸的列國，因我從前稍微惱怒我民，他們就加害過分。

我非常惱怒那享安逸的列國，因我從前稍微惱怒，他們就越發加害。

我非常惱怒那享安逸的列國，因我從前稍微惱怒，他們就越發加害。

我對安逸的列國充滿憤怒，因為我只是對我的子民稍微不滿，列國卻大肆禍害他們。』

我向那些安逸的列國大大惱怒，因為我只是稍微惱怒我的子民，他們卻加深他們的禍害。

我大大惱怒列國，那些安逸懶散、不可一世的國家；因為我只稍微惱怒我人民，他們竟助長了我所降的災禍。

我對安逸的列國大大震怒，因為我從前對我的子民只是稍微發怒，列國卻對他們變本加厲。

我深不悅安逸之列邦、蓋我微怒斯民、彼則加以苦難、

昔我微怒斯民、異邦安佚之人、加我民以患難、我深為不悅、

我向安佚之列國、大震我怒、蓋我昔微怒斯民、而彼加害過甚、

and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.’

And I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry with my people. But the nations went too far and tried to wipe them out.”

And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little, they furthered the disaster.

But I am very angry with the other nations that are now enjoying peace and security. I was only a little angry with my people, but the nations inflicted harm on them far beyond my intentions.

I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made the destruction worse.

But I am very angry with the nations who are carefree; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”

I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; For I was a little angry, And they helped— but with evil intent.”

And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen[ that are] at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.

I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”

This is what the Lord God says:“ Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah and incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,therefore this is what the Lord God says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off both man and animal from it. I will make it a wasteland; they will fall by the sword from Teman to Dedan.I will take My vengeance on Edom through My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. So they will know My vengeance.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.This is what the Lord God says:“ Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with deep contempt, destroying because of their ancient hatred,therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am about to stretch out My hand against the Philistines, cutting off the Cherethites and wiping out what remains of the coastal peoples.I will execute great vengeance against them with furious rebukes. They will know that I am Yahweh when I take My vengeance on them.”

In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting love,” says the Lord your Redeemer.

“ I will repay Babylon and all the residents of Chaldea for all their evil they have done in Zion before your very eyes.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

I was angry with My people; I profaned My possession, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.You said,‘ I will be the mistress forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or think about their outcome.“ So now hear this, lover of luxury, who sits securely, who says to herself,‘ I exist, and there is no one else. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’These two things will happen to you suddenly, in one day: loss of children and widowhood. They will happen to you in their entirety, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

They reported to the Angel of the Lord standing among the myrtle trees,“ We have patrolled the earth, and right now the whole earth is calm and quiet.”

Moab has been left quiet since his youth, settled like wine on its dregs. He hasn’t been poured from one container to another or gone into exile. So his taste has remained the same, and his aroma hasn’t changed.Therefore look, the days are coming— this is the Lord’s declaration— when I will send those to him, who will pour him out. They will empty his containers and smash his jars.Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was put to shame because of Bethel that they trusted in.

“ The Lord was extremely angry with your ancestors.

For they persecute the one You struck and talk about the pain of those You wounded.

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger— the staff in their hands is My wrath.I will send him against a godless nation; I will command him to go against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils, to plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.But this is not what he intends; this is not what he plans. It is his intent to destroy and to cut off many nations.

You will be covered with shame and destroyed forever because of violence done to your brother Jacob.On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers captured his wealth, while foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.Do not gloat over your brother in the day of his calamity; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction; do not boastfully mock in the day of distress.Do not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster. Yes, you— do not gloat over their misery in the day of their disaster and do not appropriate their possessions in the day of their disaster.Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, and do not hand over their survivors in the day of distress.For the Day of the Lord is near, against all the nations. As you have done, so it will be done to you; what you deserve will return on your own head.As you have drunk on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp down and be as though they had never been.

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace, and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.I will break down the gates of Damascus. I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven, and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir. The Lord has spoken.The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Gaza for three crimes, even four, because they exiled a whole community, handing them over to Edom.Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza, and it will consume its citadels.I will cut off the ruler from Ashdod, and the one who wields the scepter from Ashkelon. I will also turn My hand against Ekron, and the remainder of the Philistines will perish. The Lord God has spoken.The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Tyre for three crimes, even four, because they handed over a whole community of exiles to Edom and broke a treaty of brotherhood.Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Tyre, and it will consume its citadels.The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Edom for three crimes, even four, because he pursued his brother with the sword. He stifled his compassion, his anger tore at them continually, and he harbored his rage incessantly.Therefore, I will send fire against Teman, and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites for three crimes, even four, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the Lord God: This is what the Lord God says: Because you said,‘ Good!’ about My sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was laid waste, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile,therefore I am about to give you to the people of the east as a possession. They will set up their encampments and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a sheepfold. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”For this is what the Lord God says:“ Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced over the land of Israel with wholehearted contempt,therefore I am about to stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and eliminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”This is what the Lord God says:“ Because Moab and Seir said,‘ Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,’therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank beginning with its frontier cities, the pride of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.

for the Lord disciplines the one He loves and punishes every son He receives.Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

“ Son of man, because Tyre said about Jerusalem,‘ Good! The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,’

“ Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty dish; he has swallowed me like a sea monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies; he has vomited me out,”says the inhabitant of Zion;“ Let the violence done to me and my family be done to Babylon. Let my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.

See how Your enemies make an uproar; those who hate You have acted arrogantly.They devise clever schemes against Your people; they conspire against Your treasured ones.They say,“ Come, let us wipe them out as a nation so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”For they have conspired with one mind; they form an alliance against You—

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, for they have been a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.When Israel grasped you by the hand, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria— the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.

We’ve had more than enough scorn from the arrogant and contempt from the proud.

As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and grief, for she says in her heart,“ I sit as a queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.”For this reason her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine. She will be burned up with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.

therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunder and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.“ This is what the Lord God says: Certainly in My burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and all of Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted rejoicing and utter contempt so that its pastureland became plunder.

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites said that day at Jerusalem:“ Destroy it! Destroy it down to its foundations!”