| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. | 1The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Moab for three crimes, even four, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. |
| 2But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound. | 2Therefore, I will send fire against Moab, and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die with a tumult, with shouting and the sound of the ram's horn. |
| 3And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the LORD. | 3I will cut off the judge from the land and kill all its officials with him. The LORD has spoken. |
| 4Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have despised the law of the LORD, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed. | 4The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD and have not kept His statutes. The lies that their ancestors followed have led them astray. |
| 5But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.” | 5Therefore, I will send fire against Judah, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem. |
| 6Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals. | 6The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Israel for three crimes, even four, because they sell a righteous person for silver and a needy person for a pair of sandals. |
| 7They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the same girl, To defile My holy name. | 7They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and block the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning My holy name. |
| 8They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. | 8They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken as collateral, and in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. |
| 9“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath. | 9Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced; his height was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. |
| 10Also it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite. | 10And I brought you from the land of Egypt and led you 40 years in the wilderness in order to possess the land of the Amorite. |
| 11I raised up some of your sons as prophets, And some of your young men as Nazirites. Is it not so, O you children of Israel?” Says the LORD. | 11I raised up some of your sons as prophets and some of your young men as Nazirites. Is this not the case, Israelites? This is the LORD's declaration. |
| 12“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’ | 12But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets," Do not prophesy." |
| 13“Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down. | 13Look, I am about to crush you in your place as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain. |
| 14Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor shall the mighty deliver himself; | 14Escape will fail the swift, the strong one will not prevail by his strength, and the brave will not save his life. |
| 15He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself. | 15The archer will not stand his ground, the one who is swift of foot will not save himself, and the one riding a horse will not save his life. |
| 16The most courageous men of might Shall flee naked in that day,” Says the LORD. | 16Even the most courageous of the warriors will flee naked on that day-- this is the LORD's declaration. |
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