“Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins… I will destroy you and none will be left… but in the evening the Lord will restore their fortunes… I have heard the insults of Moab.. surely Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah… this is what they get in place of their pride… the Lord will destroy all their gods… you too O Cushites will be slain by my sword… God will stretch out his hand and destroy Assyria leaving Nineveh utterly desolate… the desert owl and the screech owl will roost on her columns… what a ruin she has become, a lair for wild beasts”.
