Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we read about God's judgment on several more enemy nations and cities.

We probably won't remember all of them, and some you may not even recognize. That's okay.

Chapter 49 is like a destruction charcutory board. It's got a lot going on. We start out with Amman,

as in the Ammonites. If you're familiar with the modern-day city of Amman Jordan, then you have an

idea of where these people are located. They're Israel's neighbors to the east.

God says he will drive them out of their land, but, like we saw with Moab yesterday,

he also promises that they will experience restoration afterward.

And I'll be honest, I have no idea why.

I read 11 commentaries about this, and none of them gave a reason for it.

Mostly they either said, oh, hey, he did that for Moab too.

Or they basically said, wow, God is merciful to his enemies.

So maybe this is just to display his mercy?

Who knows?

Then we move on to judgment against Edom.

These people are the descendants of Esau.

You may recall that Esau is the older twin

brother of Jacob Israel, who was the father of the 12 tribes. Esau and Jacob Israel have been enemies

since they were in the womb together. God promises judgment and destruction for the Edomites, too,

but he adds an interesting caveat in verse 11. He says he will be the one

to take care of their orphans and widows. In verse 12, there's a prophecy that could have two layers.

It says, if those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished?

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