²⁰ Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites^(A) and another against Judah and fortified Jerusalem.

¹¹ (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.^(A) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.^[a] It is still in Rabbah^(B) of the Ammonites.)

⁴ therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East^(A) as a possession. They will set up their camps^(B) and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.^{(C) 5} I will turn Rabbah^(D) into a pasture for camels and Ammon into a resting place for sheep.^(E) Then you will know that I am the Lord. ⁶ For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands^(F) and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,^(G)

David and Bathsheba

11 In the spring,^(A) at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab^(B) out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army.^(C) They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.^(D) But David remained in Jerusalem.

⁴⁶ Your older sister^(A) was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.^{(B) 47} You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.^{(C) 48} As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign^(D) Lord, your sister Sodom^(E) and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.^(F)

⁴⁹ “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:^(G) She and her daughters were arrogant,^(H) overfed and unconcerned;^(I) they did not help the poor and needy.^{(J) 50} They were haughty^(K) and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.^{(L) 51} Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.^{(M) 52} Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous^(N) than you. So then, be ashamed and bear^(O) your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

⁵³ “‘However, I will restore^(P) the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,^{(Q) 54} so that you may bear your disgrace^(R) and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort. ⁵⁵ And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to what you were before.^(S)