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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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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 execute their rulers among them, killing all of their officials as well," 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 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. | 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. |
| 5So I will send down fire upon Judah, and it will devour the fortified citadels 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 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, | 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— |
| 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. | 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 lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods. | 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. |
| 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 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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 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, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’ |
| 13"Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain! | 13“Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down. |
| 14So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty 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 skilled archer will not be able to stand, the swift runner will not survive, and the mounted rider will not preserve his own 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 of elite troops will run away naked at that time," 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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