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1This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

1This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Moab because they cremated the bones of the king of Edom, burning them to lime.

2So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

2So I will send down fire upon Moab, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in the uproar of battle, with a war cry and with the trumpeting of the ram's horn.

3I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.

3I will execute their rulers among them, killing all of their officials as well," says the LORD.

4This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

4This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Judah —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they rejected the Law of the LORD and did not keep his statutes. Their own lies made them wander off, following along the same path their ancestors walked.

5So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

5So I will send down fire upon Judah, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Jerusalem."

6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

6This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they sold the righteous for money, and the poor for sandals,

7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

7moving quickly to rub the face of the needy in the dirt. Corrupting the ways of the humble, a man and his father go to the same woman, deliberately defiling my holy name.

8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

8They lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods.

9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath.

10And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

10Furthermore, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, leading you in the wilderness for 40 years, to take possession of the land of the Amorites.

11I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.

11I also raised up your sons to be prophets, and from your young men I raised up Nazirites. Is this not true, people of Israel?" declares the LORD.

12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

12"But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine, and commanded the prophets, 'You are not to prophesy!'

13Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.

13"Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!

14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

14So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life.

15The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

15The skilled archer will not be able to stand, the swift runner will not survive, and the mounted rider will not preserve his own life.

16Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.

16Even the bravest of elite troops will run away naked at that time," declares the LORD.

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