Thus says
the LORD
, "For three
transgressions
of aMoab
and for four
I will not 1revoke
its punishment, Because
he bburned
the bones
of the king
of Edom
to lime
.
"So I will send fire
upon Moab
And it will consume
the citadels
of aKerioth
; And Moab
will die
amid btumult
, With 1war
cries
and the sound
of a trumpet
.
"I will also cut off
the 1 ajudge
from her midst
And slay
all
her bprinces
with him," says
the LORD
.
Thus says
the LORD
, "For three
transgressions
of aJudah
and for four
I will not revoke
its punishment, Because
they brejected
the law
of the LORD
And have not kept
His statutes
; Their 1 clies
also have led
them astray
, Those after
which
their dfathers
walked
.
"So I will asend fire
upon Judah
And it will consume
the citadels
of Jerusalem
."
Thus says
the LORD
, "For three
transgressions
of aIsrael
and for four
I will not revoke
its punishment, Because
they bsell
the righteous
for money
And the needy
for a pair of sandals
.
"These who 1pant after
the very dust
of the earth
on the head
of the ahelpless
Also bturn
aside
the way
of the humble
; And a cman
and his father
2resort
to the same 3girl
In order
to profane
My holy
name
.
"On garments ataken
as pledges
they stretch
out beside
bevery
altar
, And in the house
of their God
they cdrink
the wine
of those who have been fined
.
"Yet it was I who destroyed the aAmorite
before
them, 1Though his bheight
was like the height
of cedars
And he was strong
as the oaks
; I even destroyed
his cfruit
above
and his root
below
.
"It was I who abrought you up from the land
of Egypt
, And I led
you in the wilderness
bforty
years
1That you might take
possession
of the land
of the cAmorite
.
"Then I araised up some
of your sons
to be prophets
And some
of your young
men
to be bNazirites
. Is this
not so
, O sons
of Israel
?" declares
the LORD
.
"But you made the Nazirites drink
wine
, And you commanded
the prophets
saying
, `You ashall not prophesy
!'
"Behold, I am 1 aweighted
down
beneath
you As a wagon
2is weighted
down
when filled
with sheaves
.
" 1 aFlight will perish
from the swift
, And the stalwart
will not strengthen
his power
, Nor
the bmighty
man
save
his 2life
.
"He who agrasps the bow
will not stand
his ground, The swift
of foot
will not escape
, Nor
will he who rides
the bhorse
save
his 1life
.
"Even the 1bravest among the warriors
will aflee
naked
in that day
," declares
the LORD
.