³¹ and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
    the ground was covered with nettles,
    and its stone ^(A)wall was broken down.

⁹ Therefore, ^(A)as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become ^(B)like Sodom,
    and the Ammonites ^(C)like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
    and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”