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

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

2 B ut I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound.

And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerijoth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, with the sound of the trumpet.

3 A nd I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the Lord. Judgment on Judah

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

4 T hus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have despised the law of the Lord, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed.

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked.

5 B ut I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.” Judgment on Israel

And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

6 T hus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals.

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

7 T hey pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the same girl, To defile My holy name.

panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the maid, to profane my holy name.

8 T hey lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

And they lay down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink the house of their God the wine of the condemned.

9 “ Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath.

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

10 A lso it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite.

And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets, And some of your young men as Nazirites. Is it not so, O you children of Israel?” Says the Lord.

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

12 “ But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’

And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13 “ Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.

Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

14 T herefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;

And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.

15 H e shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.

Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;

16 T he most courageous men of might Shall flee naked in that day,” Says the Lord.

and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.