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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 sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes 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.

2I 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.

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

3I will destroy her ruler and kill all her 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 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,

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

5I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses 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 sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent 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 ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use 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. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as 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.

9"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.

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.

10I brought you up out of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to give you the land of the Amorites.

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.

11"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 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!

13"Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.

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

14The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior 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-footed soldier will not get away, 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 warriors will flee naked on that day," declares the LORD.

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