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1 Thus sayth the Lorde, For three wickednesses of Moab, & for foure I will not spare him: because he burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime. Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom. This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes the bones of Edom’s king,
2 Therfore will I send a fire into Moab, which shal consume the palaces of Carioth, and Moab shall die with tumult, with showting, and with the sounde of the trumpet. So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet; I will send fire on Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.
3 And I will cut of the iudge out of the mids therof, and wil slay all the princes therof with him, sayth the Lorde. I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the LORD. I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him,” says the LORD.
4 Thus sayth the Lorde, For three wickednesses of Iuda, and for foure I will not spare hym: because they haue cast away the lawe of the Lord, and haue not kept his ordinaunces, and their lies caused them to erre, after the which their fathers walked. Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not relent. Because they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed,
5 Therfore will I send a fire into Iuda, which shall consume the palaces of Hierusalem: So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.” I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”
6 Thus sayth the Lorde, For three wickednesses of Israel, and for foure I wil not spare hym: because they solde the righteous for siluer, and the poore for a paire of shoes. Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals— This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 They gape for breath ouer the head of the poore in the dust of the earth, & peruert the way of the meke: A man and his father will go in to one mayde, to dishonour my holy name. those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned; They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.
8 And they lye vpon clothes layde to pledge by euery aulter: and in the house of their god, they drinke the wine of the condempned. they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose heyght was like the height of the Cedar trees, and he was strong as the okes: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruite from aboue, and his roote from beneath. “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. “Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them, though they were tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.
10 Also I brought you vp from the lande of Egypt, & led you fourtie yeres thorow the wildernesse, to possesse the lande of the Amorites. Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. I brought you up out of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to give you the land of the Amorites.
11 And I raysed vp of your sonnes for prophetes, and of your young men for Nazarites: Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, sayth the Lorde? And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?” declares the LORD. “I also raised up prophets from among your children and Nazirites from among your youths. Is this not true, people of Israel?” declares the LORD.
12 But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commaunded the prophetes, saying, Prophecie not. “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’ “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13 Beholde, I am pressed vnder you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaues. “Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down. “Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
14 Therfore the flight shall perishe from the swift, and the strong shal not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life. Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life; The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.
15 Nor he that handleth the bowe shall stande, nor he that is swift of foote shall escape, neither shall he that rydeth the horse, saue his life. he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his life; The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life.
16 And he that is of mightie courage among the strong men, shal flee away naked in that day, sayth the Lorde. and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day,” declares the LORD. Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
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