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Judgment on Judah and Israel
1 Thus says the Loʀᴅ,
“For three transgressions of
AMoab and for four
I will not
1revoke its
punishment, Because he
Bburned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
2 “So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of
AKerioth;
And Moab will die amid
Btumult,
With
1war cries and the sound of a trumpet.
3 “I will also cut off the
1Ajudge from her midst
And slay all her
Bprinces with him,” says the Loʀᴅ.
4 Thus says the Loʀᴅ,
“For three transgressions of
AJudah and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they
Brejected the law of the Loʀᴅ
And have not kept His statutes;
Their
1Clies also have led them astray,
Those after which their
Dfathers walked.
5 “So I will
Asend fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
6 Thus says the Loʀᴅ,
“For three transgressions of
AIsrael and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they
Bsell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 “These who
1pant after the
very dust of the earth on the head of the
Ahelpless
Also
Bturn aside the way of the humble;
And a
Cman and his father
2resort to the same
3girl
In order to profane My holy name.
8 “On garments
Ataken as pledges they stretch out beside
Bevery altar,
And in the house of their God they
Cdrink the wine of those who have been fined.
9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the
AAmorite before them,
1Though his
Bheight
was like the height of cedars
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his
Cfruit above and his root below.
10 “It was I who
Abrought you up from the land of Egypt,
And I led you in the wilderness
Bforty years
1That you might take possession of the land of the
CAmorite.
11 “Then I
Araised up some of your sons to be prophets
And some of your young men to be
BNazirites.
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the Loʀᴅ.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You
Ashall not prophesy!’
13 “Behold, I am
1Aweighted down beneath you
As a wagon
2is weighted down when filled with sheaves.
14 “
1AFlight will perish from the swift,
And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the
Bmighty man save his
2life.
15 “He who
Agrasps the bow will not stand
his ground, The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will he who rides the
Bhorse save his
1life.
16 “Even the
1bravest among the warriors will
Aflee naked in that day,” declares the Loʀᴅ.