25. “You wicked, unholy ruler of Israel, your day, the day of your final punishment, is coming.
26. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken. Take off your crown and your turban. Nothing will be the same again. Raise the poor to power! Bring down those who are ruling!
27. Ruin, ruin! Yes, I will make the city a ruin. But this will not happen until the one whom I have chosen to punish the city has come. Then I will give it to him.
28. “Mortal man, prophesy. Announce what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to the Ammonites, who are insulting Israel. Say to them:‘A sword is ready to destroy;It is polished to kill, to flash like lightning.
29. The visions that you see are false, and the predictions you make are lies. You are wicked and evil, and your day is coming, the day of your final punishment. The sword is going to fall on your necks.
30. “ ‘Put up the sword! I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land where you were born.
31. You will feel my anger when I turn it loose on you like a blazing fire. And I will hand you over to brutal men, experts at destruction.
32. You will be destroyed by fire. Your blood will be shed in your own country, and no one will remember you any more.’ ” The Lord has spoken.