and say unto the Ammonites, in a formal declaration of God's attitude toward them, Hear the word of the Lord God, of the sovereign Ruler of the universe, who is at the same time the God of the covenant, Thus saith the Lord God, Because thou saidst, Aha! an expression of malignant joy, against My Sanctuary when it was profaned, exulting over the triumph which heathenism desired to celebrate over the supposed downfall of Israel's religion, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, Cf Psalms 83:4; Psalms 7:8, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity, from the time when the first companies of Jews were driven away into exile, for the Ammonites had been the auxiliaries of the Chaldeans at that time, 2 Kings 24:2:

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