1 ¶ Thus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Moab and for the fourth, I will not convert her because she burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his burning the bones of the king of Edom to lime,

2 b ut I will send fire in Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die in tumult, with shouting and with the sound of the shofar:

And I have sent a fire against Moab, And it hath consumed the palaces of Kerioth, And dying with noise is Moab, With shouting, with voice of a trumpet.

3 a nd I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof and will slay all the princes thereof with him, said the LORD.

And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah.

4 T hus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Judah and for the fourth, I will not convert her because they have despised the law of the LORD and have not kept his statutes, and their lies caused them to err after which their fathers have walked:

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk,

5 b ut I will send fire in Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.

6 T hus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Israel and for the fourth, I will not convert her because they sold the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes,

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals.

7 d esiring that there be dust of the earth upon the head of the poor, and to twist the way of the humble: and the man and his father have gone in unto the same maid, profaning my holy name:

Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.

8 a nd they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by any altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink the house of their gods.

9 ¶ Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as an oak; yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

And I -- I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height as the height of cedars, And strong he as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.

10 A lso I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years through the wilderness that you might possess the land of the Amorite.

And I -- I have brought you up from the land of Egypt, And cause you to go in a wilderness forty years, To possess the land of the Amorite.

11 A nd I raised up of your sons for prophets and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye sons of Israel? said the LORD.

And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.

12 B ut ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Do not prophesy.

And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, `Do not prophecy!'

13 B ehold, I will press you in your place, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.

14 T herefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul:

And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul.

15 n either shall he that handles the bow stand; and he that is swift of foot shall not escape: neither shall he that rides the horse save his life.

And the handler of the bow standeth not, And the swift with his feet delivereth not, And the rider of the horse delivereth not his soul.

16 A nd he that is strong among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, said the LORD.

And the courageous of heart among the mighty, Naked doth flee in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah!