^6 (A)He is like a shrub in the desert,
    ^(B)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in ^(C)an uninhabited salt land.

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 for ever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”