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  • Thus says the Lord:
    “For three transgressions of Moab,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,a
    because he burned to lime
    the bones of the king of Edom.
  • Judgment on Israel

    Thus says the Lord:
    “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment,
    Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
  • So 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;
  • But I will send a fire upon Moab,
    And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth;
    Moab shall die with tumult,
    With shouting and trumpet sound.
  • I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
    and will kill all its princesb with him,”
    says the Lord.
  • And I will cut off the judge from its midst,
    And slay all its princes with him,”
    Says the Lord.
  • Judgment on Judah

    Thus 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.
  • Judgment on Judah

    Thus says the Lord:
    “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment,
    Because they have despised the law of the Lord,
    And have not kept His commandments.
    Their lies lead them astray,
    Lies which their fathers followed.
  • So I will send a fire upon Judah,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
  • But I will send a fire upon Judah,
    And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
  • Judgment on Israel

    Thus 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 —
  • Judgment on Israel

    Thus says the Lord:
    “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment,
    Because they sell the righteous for silver,
    And the poor for a pair of sandals.
  • those 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;
  • They [a]pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,
    And pervert the way of the humble.
    A man and his father go in to the same girl,
    To defile My holy name.
  • they 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.
  • They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge,
    And drink the wine of [b]the condemned in the house of their god.
  • “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.
  • “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
    Whose height was like the height of the cedars,
    And he was as strong as the oaks;
    Yet I destroyed his fruit above
    And his roots beneath.
  • Also 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.
  • Also it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
    And led you forty years through the wilderness,
    To possess the land of the Amorite.
  • And 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.
  • I raised up some of your sons as prophets,
    And some of your young men as Nazirites.
    Is it not so, O you children of Israel?”
    Says the Lord.
  • “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
    and commanded the prophets,
    saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’
  • “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
    And commanded the prophets saying,
    ‘Do not prophesy!’
  • “Behold, I will press you down in your place,
    as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
  • “Behold, I am [c]weighed down by you,
    As a cart full of sheaves [d]is weighed down.
  • Flight shall perish from the swift,
    and the strong shall not retain his strength,
    nor shall the mighty save his life;
  • Therefore [e]flight shall perish from the swift,
    The strong shall not strengthen his power,
    Nor shall the mighty [f]deliver himself;
  • he 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;
  • He shall not stand who handles the bow,
    The swift of foot shall not [g]escape,
    Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
  • and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
    shall flee away naked in that day,”
    declares the Lord.
  • The most [h]courageous men of might
    Shall flee naked in that day,”
    Says the Lord.

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