1 T he Lord says, “For three sins of Moab and for four, I will not hold back punishment. He burned the bones of the king of Edom to ashes.

¶ 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;

2 S o I will send fire upon Moab, and it will destroy the strong-places of Kerioth. Moab will die among much noise, with cries of war and the sound of a horn.

but 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:

3 I will kill the ruler of Moab and all his sons with him,” says the Lord. Judah

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

4 T he Lord says, “For three sins of Judah and for four, I will not hold back punishment. They turned away from the Law of the Lord. They have not obeyed His Laws. They have gone the wrong way, following the lies of their fathers.

Thus 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:

5 S o I will send fire upon Judah, and it will destroy the strong-places of Jerusalem.” God Judges Israel

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

6 T he Lord says, “For three sins of Israel and for four, I will not hold back punishment. They sell those who are right and good for money. To get shoes, they sell people who are in need.

Thus 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,

7 T hey crush those who are poor in the dust of the earth with their feet. They push the poor out of the way. A man and his father go to the same girl and sin against My holy name.

desiring 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:

8 T hey lie down beside every altar on clothing taken as trust for promises. And in the house of their God they drink the wine which was paid by those who have done wrong.

and 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.

9 “ I destroyed the Amorite before them, who was as tall as the cedar trees and as strong as the oaks. I 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 an oak; yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you in the desert for forty years to give you the land of the Amorite.

Also 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.

11 T hen I raised up some of your sons to speak for Me, and some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not true, you sons 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, O ye sons of Israel? said the LORD.

12 “ But you made the Nazirites drink wine. And you told the men who speak for Me not to speak.

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

13 N ow I will crush you down like a wagon is crushed under a heavy load of grain.

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

14 E ven the fast man will not get away. The strong man will not keep his strength. And the powerful man will not save his life.

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

15 H e who uses the bow will not stand. The fast runner will not get away. The horseman will not save his life.

neither 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.

16 E ven the strongest of heart among the men of war will run away without clothes on that day,” says the Lord.

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