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| 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, | 1Thus 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. |
| 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. | 2So 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; |
| 3I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him," says the LORD. | 3I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the LORD. |
| 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, | 4Thus 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. |
| 5I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem." | 5So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.” |
| 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. | 6Thus 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— |
| 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. | 7those 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; |
| 8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines. | 8they 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. |
| 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. | 9“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. |
| 10I brought you up out of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to give you the land of the Amorites. | 10Also 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. |
| 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. | 11And 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. |
| 12"But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. | 12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’ |
| 13"Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain. | 13“Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down. |
| 14The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life. | 14Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life; |
| 15The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life. | 15he 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; |
| 16Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day," declares the LORD. | 16and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day,” declares the LORD. |
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