And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God
concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say
thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is
furbished, to consume because of the glittering: While they see
vanity unto thee, while they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee
upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked whose day is
come, when their iniquity shall have an end. Shall I cause it to
return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou
wast created, in the land of thy nativity. And I will pour out mine
indignation upon thee; I will blow against thee in the fire of my
wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skillful
to destroy. Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be
in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more, for I the Lord have
spoken it (verses 28-32).
The judgment came upon the Ammonites is threatened here. But it must not
be overlooked that this prophecy also has a further meaning, for the
same words "in the time of the iniquity of the end" (verse 29) appears
here. And yet there is also promised for the future a restoration of
Ammon (Jer. xlix:6).