KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
As sure as I'm alive, says the LORD who rules over everything, the God of Israel — Moab and Ammon are going to end up just like Sodom and Gomorrah. Picture weeds taking over, salt flats where nothing grows, total wasteland forever. But my people who survive? They're going to take over everything those nations once had.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God promises his surviving people will inherit what their enemies lose through their own destruction.
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