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I give you over to the sons of Kedem for an inheritance, and they will encamp with their full company within you, and they will place their tents in you; they will eat your fruits, and they will drink your fatness. And I will make the city of Ammon into a pasture for camels, and the sons of Ammon into a pasture for sheep, and you will know that I am Adonai the Lord. The other translators have interpreted the sons of Kedem as the sons of the East; and these are descended from Ishmael by race. 81.1061 Therefore, the God of all says through the prophet to the sons of Ammon: Since you rejoiced when you saw the temple dedicated to me trampled by defiled and unholy men, and the land of Israel laid waste, and the tribe of Judah made captive, I will make you subject to those much inferior and weaker than the Babylonians, who will surround you with many misfortunes, pitching their tents in your cities, pasturing their herds of camels in your country, and making you yourselves shepherds of sheep. Therefore, when these things happen to you, you will learn that it was not because of my weakness that my people suffered what they suffered, but because of their own transgression. 6, 7. For this reason, thus says Adonai the Lord: Because you clapped your hand, and stamped your foot, and rejoiced with your soul over the land of Israel; for this reason, behold, I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will give you for a plunder among the nations, and I will destroy you from among the peoples, and I will utterly destroy you from the lands, and you will know that I am Adonai the Lord. For since, he says, delighting and exulting in the evils of my people, you both clapped your hands, and made a noise with your feet, leaping and dancing, for this reason you will suffer harsher things, and through these events you will learn my sovereignty. From here he transfers the prophecy to Moab, being the brother of Ammon, and a neighbor. 8-11. Thus says Adonai the Lord: Because Moab and Seir said, 'Behold, the house of Israel and Judah are just like all the nations;' for this reason, behold, I am breaking the shoulder of Moab from his cities, from his extremities, the choice land, the house of Beth-jeshimoth, above the spring of the seaside city, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim. The sons of Kedem I have given against the sons of Ammon, them for an inheritance, and I will give it up for removal, so that there may be no memory of the sons of Ammon among the nations. And in Moab I will execute judgments, and you will know that I am the Lord. He joined Seir with Moab, since he too was one of the neighbors; and by Seir he means those descended from Esau by race; and he was also called Edom, which is 'ruddy' or 'red'; and Seir means 'hairy' and 'covered with hair'. And Esau, the brother of Jacob, had both of these characteristics. "For, it says, 'the first came out ruddy, all over like a hairy garment;'" and the patriarch Jacob about him to his mother. "'Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am 81.1064 a smooth man.'" Since therefore, he says, Seir and Moab, revelling in the evils of my people, dared to say that my people are no different from the rest of the nations, and this blasphemy has come against me, as if, being weak just like the idols of the other nations, I was not able to defend my people; for this reason, "I am breaking the shoulder of Moab from his cities;" that is, I will destroy their strength; and not only those situated in the mountains, but also his coastal cities I will make desolate. And by coastal he means those situated by the Dead Sea; for the Moabites lived far from the other sea. And he also says the names of the cities, of which a small remnant has remained up to the present; and some are of this Arabia, and others of that one. And he adds that these also he will give over to the same enemies as their brothers, the sons of Ammon, and that by experience they will learn that the Master is powerful, able to defend, but refraining from doing this because of the people's transgression. Therefore he added: "And

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ἐγὼ παραδίδωμι ὑμᾶς τοῖς υἱοῖς Κεδὲμ εἰς κληρονομίαν, καὶ κατασκη νώσουσιν ἐν τῇ ἀπαρτίᾳ αὑτῶν ἐν σοὶ, καὶ δώ σουσιν ἐν σοὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὑτῶν· αὐτοὶ φάγον ται τοὺς καρπούς σου, καὶ αὐτοὶ πίονται τὴν πιό τητά σου. Καὶ δώσω τὴν πόλιν τοῦ Ἀμμὼν εἰς νο μὰς καμήλων, καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀμμὼν εἰς νομὰς προβάτων, καὶ ἐπιγνώσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ Ἀδωναῒ Κύ ριος. Υἱοὺς Κεδὲμ οἱ ἄλλοι ἑρμηνευταὶ υἱοὺς Ἀνατο λῶν ἡρμήνευσαν· εἰσὶ δὲ οὗτοι ἀπὸ Ἰσμαὴλ τὸ γένος 81.1061 κατάγοντες. Λέγει τοίνυν ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς διὰ τοῦ προφήτου πρὸς υἱοὺς Ἀμμών· Ἐπειδὴ ἐφήσθητε θεασάμενοι τὸν ἀφιερωθέντα μοι νεὼν ὑπὸ μιαρῶν καὶ ἀνοσίων ἀνθρώπων πατηθέντα, καὶ τὴν γῆν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἀφανισθεῖσαν, καὶ τὴν Ἰούδα φυλὴν αἰχμάλωτον γενομένην, ὑποχειρίους ὑμᾶς ποιήσω τοῖς πολλῷ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων ὑποδεεστέροις τε καὶ ἀσθε νεστέροις, οἳ πολλαῖς σε περιβαλοῦσι συμφοραῖς, τὰς μὲν σκηνὰς ἐν ταῖς σαῖς πόλεσι καταπηγνύντες, τὰς δὲ τῶν καμήλων ἀγέλας ἐν τῇ σῇ καταβόσκοντες χώρᾳ, ὑμᾶς δὲ αὐτοὺς καθιστάντες νομέας προβάτων. Τούτων τοίνυν εἰς ὑμᾶς γιγνομένων, μαθήσεσθε ὡς οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ἀσθένειαν πέπονθεν ὁ ἐμὸς λαὸς ἃ πέπονθεν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ παρανομίαν. ʹ, ζʹ. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Ἀδωναῒ Κύριος· Ἀνθ' ὧν ἐκρότησας τῇ χειρί σου, καὶ ἐψόφη σας τῷ ποδί σου, καὶ ἐπεχάρης τῇ ψυχῇ σου ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐκτε νῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ δώσω σε εἰς διαρ παγὴν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσω σε ἐκ τῶν λαῶν, καὶ ἀπολῶ σε ἐκ τῶν χωρῶν ἀπωλείᾳ, καὶ ἐπιγνώσῃ ὅτι ἐγὼ Ἀδωναῒ Κύριος. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐφηδόμενος καὶ ἐπευφραινόμενος τοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ μου κακοῖς, καὶ ταῖς χερσὶν ἐκρότεις, καὶ ψό φον διὰ τῶν ποδῶν ἀπετέλεις σκιρτῶν καὶ χορεύων, τούτου χάριν χαλεπώτερα πείσῃ, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν μαθήσῃ τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν ἐμὴν δεσποτείαν. Ἐν τεῦθεν ἐπὶ τὸν Μωὰβ, ἀδελφὸν ὄντα τοῦ Ἀμμὼν, καὶ ἀστυγείτονα, μεταφέρει τὴν προφητείαν. ηʹ-ιαʹ. Τάδε λέγει Ἀδωναῒ Κύριος· Ἀνθ' ὧν ὅτι εἶπε Μωὰβ καὶ Σηεὶρ, Ἰδοὺ ὃν τρόπον πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδα· διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ παραλύω τὸν ὦμον Μωὰβ ἀπὸ πόλεων αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκροτηρίων αὐτοῦ, ἐκλεκτὴν γῆν οἶκον Βαιθιασιμοὺθ ἐπάνω πηγῆς πό λεως παραθαλασσίας τὴν Βαελμὼν καὶ τὴν Καριαθέμ. Τοὺς υἱοὺς Κεδὲμ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀμμὼν δέδωκα αὐτοὺς εἰς κληρονομίαν, καὶ δώσω αὐτὴν εἰς ἔξαρσιν, ὅπως μὴ γένηται μνεία υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι. Καὶ ἐν Μωὰβ ποι ήσω ἐκδικήσεις, καὶ ἐπιγνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύ ριος. Τὸν Σηεὶρ τῷ Μωὰβ συνῆψεν, ἐπειδὴ καὶ αὐτὸς τῶν γειτονευόντων ὑπῆρχε· Σηεὶρ δὲ καλεῖ τοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἠσαῦ τὸ γένος κατάγοντας· ἐχρημάτιζε δὲ καὶ Ἐδὼμ, τὸ πυῤῥὸν ἢ τὸ ἐρυθρόν· τὸ Σηεὶρ δὲ, τὸ δασὺ καὶ τετριχωμένον. Ἀμφότερα δὲ ταῦτα εἶχεν Ἠσαῦ ὁ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ ἀδελφός. "Ἐξῆλθε γὰρ, φησὶν,ὁ πρῶτος πυῤῥός· ὅλος ὡσεὶ δορὰ, δασύς·" καὶ ὁ πατριάρχης δὲ Ἰακὼβ περὶ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν μητέρα. "Ἔστιν Ἠσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφός μου ἀνὴρ δασὺς, ἐγὼ δὲ 81.1064 ἀνὴρ λεῖος." Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν, φησὶ, Σηεὶρ καὶ Μωὰβ ἐντρυφῶντες τοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ μου κακοῖς ἐτόλμησαν εἰπεῖν, ὅτι οὐδεμίαν ἔχει διαφορὰν ὁ ἐμὸς λαὸς πρὸς τὰ λοιπὰ ἔθνη, εἰς ἐμὲ δὲ αὕτη ἡ βλασφημία κεχώ ρηκεν, εἴπερ τοῖς τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν εἰδώλοις παρα πλησίως ἀσθενῶν οὐκ ἠδυνήθην ἐπαμῦναί μου τῷ λαῷ· τούτου χάριν "Παραλύω τὸν ὦμον Μωὰβ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων αὐτοῦ·" τουτέστι, τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν καταλύσω· οὐ μόνον δὲ τὰς ἐν ταῖς ἀκρω ρείαις διακειμένας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς παραλίας αὐτοῦ πόλεις ἀναστάτους ποιήσω. Παραλίας δὲ λέγει τὰς παρὰ τὴν νεκρὰν θάλασσαν διακειμένας· τῆς γὰρ ἄλλης θαλάσσης πόῤῥωθεν ᾤκουν οἱ Μωαβῖται. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τὰ τῶν πόλεων ὀνόματα, ὧν μέχρι τοῦ παρ όντος ὀλίγον μεμένηκε λείψανον· καὶ τὰ μέν ἐστι ταύτης τῆς Ἀραβίας, τὰ δὲ ἐκείνης. Προστίθησι δὲ, ὅτι καὶ τούτους τοῖς αὐτοῖς παραδώσει πολεμίοις, οἷς καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀμμὼν, καὶ ὅτι τῇ πείρᾳ μαθήσονται, ὡς δυνατός ἐστι ∆ε σπότης, ἐπαμῦναι μὲν δυνάμενος, διὰ δὲ τὴν τοῦ λαοῦ παρανομίαν τοῦτο ποιεῖν οὐκ ἀνεχόμενος. ∆ιὸ ἐπήγαγε· "Καὶ