25:8 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Moab 1 and Seir say, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.” 25:9 So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, 2 eliminating the cities, 3 including its frontier cities, 4 the beauty of the land – Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.
1 sn Moab was located immediately south of Ammon.
2 tn Heb “shoulder.”
3 tn Heb “from the cities.” The verb “eliminating” has been added in the translation to reflect the privative use of the preposition (see BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b).
4 tn Heb “from its cities, from its end.”