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- Amplified Bible - Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, “ Moab will in fact become like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, A land possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And what is left of My nation will inherit them [as their own].”
- 新标点和合本 - 万军之耶和华以色列的 神说: “我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押必像所多玛, 亚扪人必像蛾摩拉, 都变为刺草、盐坑、永远荒废之地。 我百姓所剩下的必掳掠他们; 我国中所余剩的必得着他们的地。”
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 万军之耶和华—以色列的上帝说: 因此,我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押必如所多玛, 亚扪人必像蛾摩拉, 都变为刺草、盐坑、永远荒废之地。 我百姓中剩余的必掳掠他们, 我国中的幸存者必得他们的地。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 万军之耶和华—以色列的 神说: 因此,我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押必如所多玛, 亚扪人必像蛾摩拉, 都变为刺草、盐坑、永远荒废之地。 我百姓中剩余的必掳掠他们, 我国中的幸存者必得他们的地。
- 圣经新译本 - 因此,万军之耶和华 以色列的 神说: “我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押人必要像所多玛, 亚扪人必定像蛾摩拉, 成为刺草和盐坑之所, 永远荒凉之地。 我余下的子民必掳掠他们, 我国中所余的要得着他们为业。”
- 中文标准译本 - 因此,万军之耶和华以色列的神宣告: 我指着我的永生起誓, 摩押必像所多玛, 亚扪必像格摩拉, 成为杂草、盐坑之地,永远的荒场。 我的余剩之民必掠夺他们, 我幸存的国民必继承那地。
- 现代标点和合本 - 万军之耶和华以色列的神说: “我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押必像所多玛, 亚扪人必像蛾摩拉, 都变为刺草、盐坑、永远荒废之地。 我百姓所剩下的必掳掠他们, 我国中所余剩的必得着他们的地。”
- 和合本(拼音版) - 万军之耶和华以色列的上帝说: “我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押必像所多玛, 亚扪人必像蛾摩拉, 都变为刺草、盐坑、永远荒废之地。 我百姓所剩下的必掳掠他们, 我国中所余剩的必得着他们的地。”
- New International Version - Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland forever. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.”
- New International Reader's Version - So Moab will become like Sodom,” announces the Lord who rules over all. “Ammon will be like Gomorrah. Weeds and salt pits will cover those countries. They will be dry and empty deserts forever. Those who are still left alive among my people will take all their valuable things. So they will receive those lands as their own. And that is just as sure as I am alive.” The Lord is the God of Israel.
- English Standard Version - Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
- New Living Translation - Now, as surely as I live,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, “Moab and Ammon will be destroyed— destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah. Their land will become a place of stinging nettles, salt pits, and eternal desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them and take their land.”
- Christian Standard Bible - Therefore, as I live — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel — Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: a place overgrown with weeds, a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the remainder of my nation will dispossess them.
- New American Standard Bible - Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of armies, The God of Israel, “Moab will assuredly be like Sodom, And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah— Ground overgrown with weeds and full of salt mines, And a permanent desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them, And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”
- New King James Version - Therefore, as I live,” Says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, And the people of Ammon like Gomorrah— Overrun with weeds and saltpits, And a perpetual desolation. The residue of My people shall plunder them, And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”
- American Standard Version - Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
- King James Version - Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
- New English Translation - Therefore, as surely as I live,” says the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, “be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land.”
- World English Bible - Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
- 新標點和合本 - 萬軍之耶和華-以色列的神說: 我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押必像所多瑪, 亞捫人必像蛾摩拉, 都變為刺草、鹽坑、永遠荒廢之地。 我百姓所剩下的必擄掠他們; 我國中所餘剩的必得着他們的地。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝說: 因此,我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押必如所多瑪, 亞捫人必像蛾摩拉, 都變為刺草、鹽坑、永遠荒廢之地。 我百姓中剩餘的必擄掠他們, 我國中的倖存者必得他們的地。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 萬軍之耶和華—以色列的 神說: 因此,我指着我的永生起誓: 摩押必如所多瑪, 亞捫人必像蛾摩拉, 都變為刺草、鹽坑、永遠荒廢之地。 我百姓中剩餘的必擄掠他們, 我國中的倖存者必得他們的地。
- 聖經新譯本 - 因此,萬軍之耶和華 以色列的 神說: “我指著我的永生起誓: 摩押人必要像所多瑪, 亞捫人必定像蛾摩拉, 成為刺草和鹽坑之所, 永遠荒涼之地。 我餘下的子民必擄掠他們, 我國中所餘的要得著他們為業。”
- 呂振中譯本 - 故此萬軍之永恆主 以色列 之上帝發神諭說: 『我指着永活的我來起誓: 摩押 必像 所多瑪 , 亞捫 人必像 蛾摩拉 , 都被刺草和鹽坑佔據, 荒涼涼到永遠。 我剩下的餘民必擄掠他們, 我國中餘剩的人必得着他們以為業。
- 中文標準譯本 - 因此,萬軍之耶和華以色列的神宣告: 我指著我的永生起誓, 摩押必像所多瑪, 亞捫必像格摩拉, 成為雜草、鹽坑之地,永遠的荒場。 我的餘剩之民必掠奪他們, 我倖存的國民必繼承那地。
- 現代標點和合本 - 萬軍之耶和華以色列的神說: 「我指著我的永生起誓: 摩押必像所多瑪, 亞捫人必像蛾摩拉, 都變為刺草、鹽坑、永遠荒廢之地。 我百姓所剩下的必擄掠他們, 我國中所餘剩的必得著他們的地。」
- 文理和合譯本 - 故萬軍之耶和華、以色列之上帝曰、我指己生而誓、摩押將如所多瑪、亞捫將如蛾摩拉、徧成蒺藜斥鹵之地、永久荒蕪、我之遺民、必虜其人、我之餘民、必據其土、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 故我以色列族之上帝、萬有之主耶和華、指己而誓、摩押必若所多馬、亞捫必若蛾摩拉、荊棘叢生、斥鹵遍地、恆必荒蕪、我之遺民、必虜其貨財、得其基業、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 萬有之主 以色列 之天主曰、我指己永生而誓、 摩押 必若 所多瑪 、 亞捫 族必若 俄摩拉 、蒺藜叢生、斥鹵遍地、 蒺藜叢生斥鹵遍地或作必成長蒺藜有鹽坑之地 必恆荒蕪、我之遺民、必掠其貨財、得其地業、 我之遺民必掠其貨財得其地業或作我子民之餘者必掠其貨財我百姓之餘者必得其地業
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Tan cierto como que yo vivo —afirma el Señor Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel—, que Moab vendrá a ser como Sodoma y los amonitas como Gomorra: se volverán campos de espinos y minas de sal, desolación perpetua. El remanente de mi pueblo los saqueará; los sobrevivientes de mi nación heredarán su tierra».
- 현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 전능한 나 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님이 분명히 말한다. 모압은 소돔과 같이 되고 암몬 자손은 고모라같이 될 것이며 그 곳들은 잡초가 우거지고 소금 구덩이가 되어 영원히 황무지가 될 것이다. 그리고 살아 남은 내 백성들이 그들을 약탈하고 그 땅을 차지할 것이다.”
- Новый Русский Перевод - Поэтому верно, как и то, что Я живу, – возвещает Господь Сил, Бог Израиля, – с Моавом будет то же, что и с Содомом, с аммонитским народом – что и с Гоморрой – станут царством крапивы, соляной ямой и мертвой пустошью навеки. Оставшиеся из Моего народа разграбят их, уцелевшие из Моего народа унаследуют их землю.
- Восточный перевод - Поэтому верно, как и то, что Я живу, – возвещает Вечный, Повелитель Сил, Бог Исраила, – с Моавом будет то же, что и с Содомом, с аммонитским народом – что и с Гоморрой – станут царством крапивы, соляной ямой и мёртвой пустошью навеки. Оставшиеся из Моего народа разграбят их, уцелевшие из Моего народа унаследуют их землю.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Поэтому верно, как и то, что Я живу, – возвещает Вечный, Повелитель Сил, Бог Исраила, – с Моавом будет то же, что и с Содомом, с аммонитским народом – что и с Гоморрой – станут царством крапивы, соляной ямой и мёртвой пустошью навеки. Оставшиеся из Моего народа разграбят их, уцелевшие из Моего народа унаследуют их землю.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Поэтому верно, как и то, что Я живу, – возвещает Вечный, Повелитель Сил, Бог Исроила, – с Моавом будет то же, что и с Содомом, с аммонитским народом – что и с Гоморрой – станут царством крапивы, соляной ямой и мёртвой пустошью навеки. Оставшиеся из Моего народа разграбят их, уцелевшие из Моего народа унаследуют их землю.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Aussi vrai que je vis, déclare l’Eternel, ╵le Seigneur des armées célestes, ╵Dieu d’Israël : Moab sera comme Sodome, les Ammonites ╵seront comme Gomorrhe , leur pays deviendra ╵un lieu couvert d’orties, une mine de sel, et une terre dévastée ╵à perpétuité. Le reste de mon peuple ╵les pillera, oui, ce qui restera de ma nation ╵en prendra possession.
- Nova Versão Internacional - Por isso, juro pela minha vida”, declara o Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel, “Moabe se tornará como Sodoma e os amonitas como Gomorra: um lugar tomado por ervas daninhas e poços de sal, uma desolação perpétua. O remanescente do meu povo os saqueará; os sobreviventes da minha nação herdarão a terra deles.”
- Hoffnung für alle - Darum schwöre ich, der Herr, der allmächtige Gott Israels, so wahr ich lebe: Moab und Ammon wird es wie Sodom und Gomorra ergehen: Für alle Zeiten soll ihr Gebiet zu einer Wüste voller Salzgruben werden, von Unkraut überwuchert. Die Überlebenden meines Volkes werden die Moabiter und Ammoniter ausplündern und ihr Land in Besitz nehmen.«
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì thế, thật như Ta hằng sống, Mô-áp sẽ giống như Sô-đôm, người Am-môn sẽ giống như người Gô-mô-rơ. Đất của chúng sẽ biến thành nơi đầy gai gốc, có nhiều hầm muối và mãi mãi điêu tàn. Những người sống sót của dân Ta sẽ phá hoại chúng; dân còn lại sẽ được đất nước chúng làm sản nghiệp.”
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระยาห์เวห์ผู้ทรงฤทธิ์ พระเจ้าแห่งอิสราเอลประกาศว่า “ฉะนั้นเรามีชีวิตอยู่แน่ฉันใด โมอับจะเป็นเหมือนโสโดม และชาวอัมโมนจะเป็นเหมือนโกโมราห์อย่างแน่นอนฉันนั้น เป็นแหล่งวัชพืชและแอ่งเกลือ เป็นแดนทิ้งร้างตลอดไป ประชากรของเราที่เหลืออยู่จะปล้นพวกเขา และชนชาติของเราที่รอดชีวิตจะครอบครองดินแดนของพวกเขา”
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉะนั้น พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจอมโยธา พระเจ้าของอิสราเอลประกาศดังนี้ “ตราบที่เรามีชีวิตอยู่ฉันใด โมอับจะเป็นเหมือนโสโดม และอัมโมนจะเป็นเหมือนโกโมราห์ แผ่นดินซึ่งมีแต่ต้นตำแยและบ่อเกลือ และเป็นที่รกร้างตลอดไป ชนชาติที่เหลือของเราที่ยังมีชีวิตอยู่ จะปล้นสะดมพวกเขา และบรรดาผู้มีชีวิตรอดของประชาชาติของเรา จะยึดดินแดนพวกนั้นไว้”
交叉引用
- Genesis 19:24 - Then the Lord rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven,
- Genesis 19:25 - and He overthrew (demolished, ended) those cities, and the entire valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.
- Joel 3:19 - Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of their violence against the children of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
- Joel 3:20 - But Judah shall be inhabited forever And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- Zephaniah 3:13 - The remnant of Israel will do no wrong Nor speak lies, Nor will a deceitful tongue Be found in their mouths; For they will eat and lie down With no one to make them tremble and feel afraid.”
- Jeremiah 49:18 - As [it was] in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with their neighboring cities,” says the Lord, “no man will live there, nor will a son of man dwell in it.
- Isaiah 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
- Isaiah 13:20 - Babylon will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there, Nor will the shepherds let their sheep lie down there.
- Zephaniah 2:14 - Flocks will lie down in her midst, All the animals which range in herds; Both the pelican and the short-eared owl Will roost on the top of Nineveh’s pillars. Birds will sing in the window, Desolation will be on the threshold; For He has uncovered the cedar paneling.
- Jeremiah 50:40 - As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah and their neighboring cities,” says the Lord, “So no man will live there; Nor shall any son of man live there.”
- Zephaniah 2:7 - The seacoast will belong To the remnant of the house of Judah; They will pasture [their flocks] on it. In the [deserted] houses of Ashkelon [in Philistia] they [of Judah] will lie down and rest in the evening, For the Lord their God will care for them; And restore their fortune [permitting them to occupy the land].
- Romans 14:11 - For it is written [in Scripture], “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall give praise to God.”
- Ezekiel 25:1 - The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
- Ezekiel 25:2 - “Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
- Ezekiel 25:3 - And say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God, for thus says the Lord God, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,
- Ezekiel 25:4 - therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
- Ezekiel 25:5 - I will make Rabbah [your chief city] a pasture for camels and [the cities of] the Ammonites a resting place for flocks [of sheep]. And you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 25:6 - For thus says the Lord God, “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the contempt, and malice, and spite of your soul against the land of Israel,
- Ezekiel 25:7 - therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and will hand you over as prey and spoil to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you. Then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 25:8 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Moab and Seir (Edom) say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the [pagan] nations,’
- Ezekiel 25:9 - therefore, behold, I will deprive the flank of Moab of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim.
- Ezekiel 25:10 - I will give it, along with the children of Ammon, to the people of the East as a possession, so that the children of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations [any longer].
- Ezekiel 25:11 - Thus I will execute judgment and punishment on Moab, and they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 25:12 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and has incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,”
- Ezekiel 25:13 - therefore thus says the Lord God, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and I will cut off and destroy man and beast. I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 25:14 - I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom in accordance with My anger and My wrath, and they will know and experience My vengeance,” says the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 25:15 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because the Philistines have acted revengefully and have taken vengeance [contemptuously] with malice in their hearts to destroy with everlasting hostility and hatred,”
- Ezekiel 25:16 - therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.
- Ezekiel 25:17 - I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes and chastisements and they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance on them.” ’ ”
- Micah 5:7 - Then the remnant of Jacob Shall be among many peoples Like dew from the Lord, Like showers on the grass [a source of blessing] Which [come suddenly and] do not wait for man Nor delay for the sons of men.
- Micah 5:8 - The remnant of Jacob Shall be among the nations, In the midst of many peoples Like a lion among the beasts of the forest, Like a young lion [suddenly appearing] among the flocks of sheep Which, if he passes through, Tramples down and tears into pieces [the nations in judgment], And there is no one to rescue.
- Isaiah 34:9 - The streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.
- Isaiah 34:10 - The burning will not be quenched night or day; Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation it will lie in ruins; No one will ever again pass through it.
- Isaiah 34:11 - But the pelican and the porcupine will take possession of it; The owl and the raven will dwell in it. And He will stretch over it (Edom) the measuring line of desolation And the plumb line of emptiness.
- Isaiah 34:12 - Its nobles—there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its princes will be nothing.
- Isaiah 34:13 - Thorns will come up in its fortified palaces, Nettles and brambles in its fortified cities; It will be a haunt for jackals, An abode for ostriches.
- Jeremiah 46:18 - As I live,” says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts, “Surely like Tabor among the mountains Or like Carmel by the sea, So shall he [the great king of Babylon] come.
- Numbers 14:21 - but indeed as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 48:1 - Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Woe (judgment is coming) to [the city of] Nebo, for it has been destroyed! Kiriathaim has been shamed, it has been captured; Misgab [the high fortress] has been shamed, broken down and crushed.
- Jeremiah 48:2 - The glory of Moab is no more; In Heshbon they planned evil against her, Saying, ‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’ You also, O [city of] Madmen, shall be silenced; The sword will pursue you.
- Jeremiah 48:3 - The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Desolation and great destruction!’
- Jeremiah 48:4 - Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have called out a cry of distress [to be heard as far as Zoar].
- Jeremiah 48:5 - For the Ascent of Luhith Will be climbed by [successive groups of] fugitives with continual weeping; For on the descent of Horonaim They have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
- Jeremiah 48:6 - Run! Save your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
- Isaiah 49:18 - Lift up your eyes and look around [at the returning exiles]; All these gather together and they come to you [to rebuild you]. As I live,” declares the Lord, “You [Zion] will indeed clothe yourself with all of them as jewels and tie them on as a bride.
- Isaiah 25:10 - For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain [Zion], And Moab will be trampled down in his place As straw is trampled down in the [filthy] water of a manure pile.
- Deuteronomy 29:23 - ‘The whole land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it; it is like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath.’
- Isaiah 11:14 - Ephraim and Judah will [unite and] swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines toward the west; Together they will plunder the sons (Arabs) of the east. They will possess Edom and Moab, And the sons of Ammon will be subject to them.
- Isaiah 15:1 - The [mournful, inspired] oracle ( a burden to be carried) concerning Moab: Because in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined; Because in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
- Isaiah 15:2 - They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba; Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].
- Isaiah 15:3 - In their streets they have wrapped themselves with sackcloth; On their [flat] housetops and in their open squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears.
- Isaiah 15:4 - Heshbon and Elealeh [cities claimed by Moab] cry out; Their voice is heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out; Moab’s soul trembles within him.
- Isaiah 15:5 - My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are [fleeing] as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; For on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their destruction.
- Isaiah 15:6 - For the waters of Nimrim are desolate. Indeed the grass is withered, the new growth dies; There is no green thing.
- Isaiah 15:7 - Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored away They carry off over the Brook of the Willows.
- Isaiah 15:8 - For the cry of distress has echoed around the territory of Moab; The wailing goes as far as Eglaim and the mournful cry to Beer-elim.
- Isaiah 15:9 - For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; Yet I will bring even more woes on Dimon— A lion upon those of Moab who escape and upon the remnant of the land.