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Judgment on Moab, Judah and Israel
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
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,
“For three sins of Moab,
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes
the bones of Edom’s king,
And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerijoth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet.
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.
I will destroy her ruler
and kill all her officials with him,”
says the Lord.
and kill all her officials with him,”
says the Lord.
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked.
And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
I will send fire on Judah
that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”
that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
Judgment on Israel
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.
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.
panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name.
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.
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.
And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of their God the wine of the condemned.
They lie down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge.
In the house of their god
they drink wine taken as fines.
on garments taken in pledge.
In the house of their god
they drink wine taken as fines.
The Ingratitude of Israel
But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from 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.
though they were tall as the cedars
and strong as the oaks.
I destroyed their fruit above
and their roots below.
And I brought you up from 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.
and led you forty years in the wilderness
to give you the land of the Amorites.
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.
“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.
and Nazirites from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
“Now then, I will crush you
as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
The swift will not escape,
the strong will not muster their strength,
and the warrior will not save his life.
the strong will not muster their strength,
and the warrior will not save his life.
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;
The archer will not stand his ground,
the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
and the horseman will not save his life.
the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
and the horseman will not save his life.