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Judgment on Moab

¹ This is what the LORD says:

"For three offenses of ^(C1)Moab, and for four,
I will not ^(F1)revoke its punishment,
Because he ^(C2)burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

² "So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of ^(C1)Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid the ^(C2)panic of battle,
Amid war cries and the sound of a trumpet.

³ "I will also eliminate the ^(F1)(C1)judge from her midst
And slay all her ^(C2)leaders with him," says the LORD.

Judgment on Judah

⁴ This is what the LORD says:
"For three offenses of ^(C1)Judah, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ^(C2)rejected the Law of the LORD
And have not kept His statutes;
Their ^(F1)(C3)lies also have led them astray,
Those which their ^(C4)fathers followed.

⁵ "So I will ^(C1)send fire upon Judah,
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."

Judgment on Israel

⁶ This is what the LORD says:
"For three offenses of ^(C1)Israel, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ^(C2)sell the righteous for ^(F1)money,
And the needy for a pair of sandals.

⁷ "These who ^(F1)trample the head of the ^(C1)helpless to the dust of the earth
Also ^(C2)divert the way of the humble;
And a ^(C3)man and his father ^(F2)resort to the same ^(F3)girl
So as to profane My holy name.

⁸ "And on garments ^(C1)seized as pledges they stretch out beside ^(C2)every altar,
And in the house of their God they ^(C3)drink the wine of those who have been fined.

⁹ "Yet it was I who destroyed the ^(C1)Amorite before them,
^(F1)Though his ^(C2)height was like the height of cedars
And he was as strong as the oaks;
I also destroyed his ^(C3)fruit above and his roots below.

¹⁰ "And it was I who ^(C1)brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And led you in the wilderness for ^(C2)forty years
So that you might take possession of the land of the ^(C3)Amorite.

¹¹ "Then I ^(C1)raised up some of your sons to be prophets,
And some of your young men to be ^(C2)Nazirites.
Is this not so, you sons of Israel?" declares the LORD.

¹² "But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets, saying, 'You ^(C1)shall not prophesy!'

¹³ "Behold, I am ^(C1)making a rut in the ground beneath you,
Just as a wagon makes a rut when filled with sheaves.

¹⁴ "^(C1)Refuge will be lost from the swift,
And the strong will not strengthen his power,
Nor the ^(C2)warrior save his ^(F1)life.

¹⁵ "The one who ^(C1)grasps the bow will not stand his ground,
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will the one who rides the ^(C2)horse save his ^(F1)life.

¹⁶ "Even the ^(F1)bravest among the warriors will ^(C1)flee naked on that day," declares the LORD.