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1 The
LORD says:
“For three
transgressions of
Moab, yes, for
four,
I will not
turn away
its punishment,
because he burned
the bones of
the king of Edom
into lime;
2 but
I will send
a fire on Moab,
and it will devour
the palaces of
Kerioth;
and Moab will
die with tumult,
with shouting, and
with the sound
of the trumpet;
3 and
I will cut
off the judge
from among them,
and will kill
all its princes
with him,”
says the LORD.
4 The
LORD says:
“For three
transgressions of
Judah, yes, for
four,
I will not
turn away
its punishment,
because they have
rejected the LORD’s
law,
and have not
kept his statutes,
and their lies
have led them
astray,
after which
their fathers walked;
5 but I
will send a fire
on Judah,
and it will devour
the palaces of
Jerusalem.”
6 The
LORD says:
“For three
transgressions of
Israel, yes, for
four,
I will not
turn away
its punishment,
because they have
sold the righteous
for silver,
and the needy for
a pair of sandals;
7 They
trample the heads
of the poor
into the dust
of the earth
and deny justice to
the oppressed.
A man and
his father use the
same maiden, to
profane my holy
name.
8 They lay
themselves down
beside every altar
on clothes taken
in pledge.
In the house
of their God
they drink the
wine of those
who have been
fined.
9 Yet I
destroyed the Amorite
before them,
whose height was
like the height
of the cedars,
and he was
strong as the oaks;
yet I destroyed
his fruit from
above,
and his roots
from beneath.
10 Also I
brought you up
out of the land
of Egypt
and led you forty
years in the
wilderness,
to possess
the land of
the Amorite.
11 I
raised up some of
your sons for
prophets,
and some of your
young men for
Nazirites.
Isn’t this true,
you children of
Israel?” says the
LORD.
12 “But
you gave the
Nazirites wine to
drink,
and commanded the
prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’
13 Behold,
I will crush you
in your place,
as a cart crushes
that is full
of grain.
14 Flight
will perish from
the swift.
The strong won’t strengthen
his force.
The mighty won’t
deliver himself.
15 He
who handles the
bow won’t stand.
He who is
swift of foot won’t
escape.
He who rides
the horse won’t
deliver himself.
16 He
who is courageous
among the mighty
will flee away
naked on that
day,”
says the LORD.