"If slaves run away from their owners and come to you for protection, do not send them back.

They may live in any of your towns that they choose, and you are not to treat them harshly.

"Do not cheat poor and needy hired servants, whether they are Israelites or foreigners living in one of your towns.

(SEE 21:11)

When he does this, they are to mock the king of Babylon and say: "The cruel king has fallen! He will never oppress anyone again!

Our enemies are doomed! They have robbed and betrayed, although no one has robbed them or betrayed them. But their time to rob and betray will end, and they themselves will become victims of robbery and treachery.

Have you forgotten the LORD who made you, who stretched out the heavens and laid the earth's foundations? Why should you live in constant fear of the fury of those who oppress you, of those who are ready to destroy you? Their fury can no longer touch you.

Not a town will escape the destruction; both valley and plain will be ruined. I, the LORD, have spoken.

You that live in Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the ground in the dust; Moab's destroyer is here and has left its forts in ruins.

I will guard my land and keep armies from passing through it. I will not allow tyrants to oppress my people any more. I have seen how my people have suffered."

Nimrim Brook is dry, the grass beside it has withered, and nothing green is left.

The LORD will protect Mount Zion, but the people of Moab will be trampled down the way straw is trampled in manure.

The people of Judah will be victorious like soldiers who trample their enemies in the mud of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will defeat even the enemy cavalry.

On the day when I act, you will overcome the wicked, and they will be like dust under your feet.

Some will be killed by the sword, and others will be taken as prisoners to all countries; and the heathen will trample over Jerusalem until their time is up.

And God, our source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

But do not measure the outer courts, because they have been given to the heathen, who will trample on the Holy City for forty-two months.