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Judgment on Moab

¹ Thus says the LORD,
"For three transgressions of ^(F1)(C1)Moab and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because he ^(C2)burned the bones of the king of Edom Esau's descendant into lime and used it to plaster a Moabite house.

² "So I will send a fire of war, conquest, and destruction upon Moab
And it shall devour the strongholds of ^(C1)Kerioth;
And Moab shall die amid ^(C2)tumult and uproar,
With war cries and shouts of alarm and the sound of the trumpet.

³ "I will also cut off and destroy the ^(C1)ruler from its midst
And slay all the ^(C2)princes with him," says the LORD.

Judgment on Judah

⁴ Thus says the LORD,
"For three transgressions of ^(C1)Judah and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because they have ^(C2)rejected the law of the LORD the sum of God's instruction to His people
And have not kept His commandments;
But their ^(C3)lies and their idols, after which their ^(C4)fathers walked,
Caused them to go astray.

⁵ "So I will send a ^(C1)fire of war, conquest, and destruction by the Babylonians upon Judah
And it will devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."

Judgment on Israel

⁶ Thus says the LORD,
"For three transgressions of ^(C1)Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because they ^(C2)sell the righteous and innocent for silver
And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.

⁷ "These who pant after (long to see) the dust of the earth on the head of the ^(C1)helpless as sign of their grief and distress
Also ^(C2)turn aside the way of the humble;
And a ^(C3)man and his father will go to the same ^(F1)girl
So that My holy name is profaned.

⁸ "They stretch out beside ^(C1)every pagan altar on clothes ^(C2)taken in pledge to secure a loan, disregarding God's command,
And in the house of their God in contempt of Him they frivolously ^(C3)drink the wine which has been taken from those who have been fined. ^(VR1)

⁹ "Yet it was I not the false gods who destroyed the ^(C1)Amorite before them,
Though his ^(C2)height was like the height of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his ^(C3)fruit above and his root below.

¹⁰ "Also it was I who ^(C1)brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
And I led you ^(C2)forty years through the wilderness
That you might possess the land of the ^(C3)Amorite.

¹¹ "Then I ^(C1)raised up some of your sons to be prophets who gave you My revelation,
And some of your young men to be ^(C2)Nazirites (dedicated ones).
Is this not true, O you children of Israel?" says the LORD. ^(VR1)

¹² "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink despite their vows
And commanded the prophets, saying, 'You ^(C1)shall not prophesy!'

¹³ "Behold, I am ^(C1)weighted down beneath you
As a cart that is weighted down when it is full of sheaves.

¹⁴ "^(C1)Flight will be lost to the swift so they will be unable to escape,
And the strong shall not strengthen nor maintain his power,
Nor shall the ^(C2)mighty man save his own life.

¹⁵ "He who ^(C1)handles the bow will not stand his ground,
The one who is swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will he who rides the ^(C2)horse save his life from the invading army.

¹⁶ "Even the bravest among the warriors shall ^(C1)flee naked on that day," says the LORD.