1 T hus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Moab and for four, I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

2 “ So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid tumult, With war cries and the sound of a trumpet.

So I will send a fire upon Moab and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, shouting, and the sound of the trumpet.

3 “ I will also cut off the judge from her midst And slay all her princes with him,” says the Lord.

And I will cut off the ruler from its midst and will slay all its princes with him, says the Lord.

4 T hus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they rejected the law of the Lord And have not kept His statutes; Their lies also have led them astray, Those after which their fathers walked.

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah and for four, I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have despised and rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept His commandments, but their lies, after which their fathers have walked, caused them to err and go astray.

5 “ So I will send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

So I will send a fire upon Judah and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.

6 T hus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel and for four, I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have sold the just and uncompromisingly righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals;

7 “ These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name.

They pant after the poor dust of the earth on their heads; they defraud and turn aside the humble; and a man and his father will have sexual relations with the same maiden, so that My holy name is profaned.

8 “ On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

And they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes they have taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they frivolously drink the wine which has been exacted from those fined.

9 “ Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.

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

10 “ It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years through the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 “ Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.

And I raised up some of your sons for prophets and some of your young men for dedicated ones. Is this not true, O you children of Israel? says the Lord.

12 “ But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’

But you gave the dedicated ones wine to drink and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13 “ Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

Behold, I am pressed under you and I will press you down in your place as a cart presses that is full of sheaves.

14 “ Flight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his life.

And flight shall be lost to the swift and refuge shall fail him; the strong shall not retain and confirm his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself.

15 “ He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse save his life.

Neither shall he stand who handles the bow, and he who is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver his life.

16 “ Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day,” declares the Lord.

And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked on that day, says the Lord.