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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. | 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. |
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. | 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. |
3I will execute their rulers among them, killing all of their officials as well," says the LORD. | 3I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD. |
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. | 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. |
5So I will send down fire upon Judah, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Jerusalem." | 5So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.” |
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, | 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. |
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. | 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. |
8They lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods. | 8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. |
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. | 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. |
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. | 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. |
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. | 11I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. |
12"But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine, and commanded the prophets, 'You are not to prophesy!' | 12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. |
13"Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain! | 13Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain. |
14So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life. | 14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty 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. | 15The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life. |
16Even the bravest of elite troops will run away naked at that time," declares the LORD. | 16Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD. |
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