3 And you must say concerning the sons of Amʹmon, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah. This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “For the reason that you* have said Aha! against my sanctuary, because it has been profaned, and against the soil of Israel, because it has been laid desolate, and against the house of Judah, because they have gone into exile,+

8 “I have heard the reproach by Moʹab+ and the abusive words of the sons of Amʹmon,+ with which they have reproached my people and kept putting on great airs against their territory.