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1 This is what the LORD says: |Because Moab has committed three crimes--make that four!--I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom's king 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 So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth's fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram's horn. 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 I will remove Moab's leader; I will kill all Moab's officials with him.| The LORD has spoken! 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 This is what the LORD says: |Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions--make that four!--I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the LORD's law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray. 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 So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem's fortresses.| 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 This is what the LORD says: |Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions--make that four!--I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals. 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 trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity. 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 They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God! 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 For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground. “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 I brought you up from the land of Egypt; I led you through the wilderness for forty years so you could take the Amorites' land as your own. 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 I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?| The LORD is speaking! 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 you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets, 'Do not prophesy!' “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 Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down. “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 Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives. 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 Archers will not hold their ground; fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses. 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 Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day.| The LORD is speaking! 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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