For very soon my fury ¹  will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction.”

In just a very short time ¹  Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest. ² 

So a treaty curse ¹  devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. ²  This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, ³  and are reduced to just a handful of people. ⁴ 

Now the Lord makes this announcement: “Within exactly three years ¹  Moab’s splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left.” ²