8 And ⁿI will set my face against that man; I ^owill make him a sign and a byword ⁿand cut him off from the midst of my people, ^pand you shall know that I am the Lord. 9 And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, ^qI, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their punishment¹—the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike— 11 that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor ^rdefile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, ^sbut that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God.”

Jerusalem Will Not Be Spared

12 And the word of the Lord came to me: 13 ^t“Son of man, when a land sins against me ^uby acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and ^vbreak its supply² of bread and send famine upon it, and ^wcut off from it man and beast, 14 ^xeven if these three men, ^yNoah, ^zDaniel, and ^aJob, were in it, ^bthey would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.

15 ^c“If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, ^dand it be made desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts, 16 even if these three men were in it, ^eas I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They alone would be delivered, but ^fthe land would be desolate.

17 “Or ^gif I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, ^hand I cut off from it man and beast,

7 therefore, behold, ^jI have stretched out my hand against you, and ^kwill hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

8 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^lMoab and ^mSeir¹ said, ‘Behold, the ⁿhouse of Judah is like all the other nations,’ 9 therefore ^lI will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, ^oBeth-jeshimoth, ^pBaal-meon, and ^qKiriathaim. 10 I will give it ^ralong with the Ammonites ^sto the people of the East as a possession, ^tthat the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, 11 ^land I will execute judgments upon Moab. ^uThen they will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Edom

12 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^vEdom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended ^win taking vengeance on them, 13 therefore thus says the Lord God, ^xI will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from ^yTeman even to ^zDedan they shall fall by the sword. 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom ^aby the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and ^bthey shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.

Prophecy Against Philistia

15 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^cthe Philistines ^dacted revengefully and took vengeance ^ewith malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, 16 therefore thus says the Lord God, ^xBehold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off ^fthe Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast.