And I will turn the city of Rabbah into a pasture for camels, and all the land of the Ammonites into a resting place for sheep and goats. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a resting place for flocks: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- KJV And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- BSB I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
- NKJV And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.”
- NASB I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
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Quick answer
Rabbah, Ammon's capital, will become pasture for camels and flocks, and they will know that He is Yahweh. Judgment will reduce their pride to desolation and reveal God's lordship.
Overview
God promises to turn Rabbah, the proud Ammonite capital, into 'a stable for camels' and grazing land, a picture of utter ruin. The closing recognition formula, 'you shall know that I am Yahweh,' shows the purpose: even pagan nations are brought to acknowledge the true God through His acts. His sovereignty extends over all peoples and their judgments.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 21:20You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
- 2 Sam 12:26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- Isa 17:2The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
- Ezek 25:8Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations;
- Isa 37:20Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.”
- Isa 32:14For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
- Ezek 30:8They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
- Deut 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its width, after the cubit of a man.)
- Zeph 2:14–15Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.
- Ezek 35:9I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezek 24:24Thus Ezekiel shall be a sign to you; according to all that he has done, you will do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezek 38:23I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ps 83:18that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
- Ezek 26:6Her daughters who are in the field shall be slain with the sword: and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
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