[1] Thus 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. [2] So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the
strongholds of Ker'ioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and
the sound of the trumpet; [3] I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and
will slay all its princes with him," says the LORD. [4] 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, after which their
fathers walked. [5] So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour
the strongholds of Jerusalem." [6] 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
shoes-- [7] they that 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 maiden, so that my holy name is profaned; [8] they lay
themselves down beside every altar upon garments taken in pledge; and in
the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
[9] "Yet I 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. [10] Also I brought you up out of the
land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the
land of the Amorite. [11] 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?" says the LORD. [12] "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and
commanded the prophets, saying, `You shall not prophesy.' [13] "Behold, I
will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
[14] Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain
his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life; [15] 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; [16] and he who is stout of
heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day," says the LORD.
