1 The LORD says:
I will not relent from punishing Moab f
for three crimes, even four,
because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom to lime. g
2 Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. h
Moab will die with a tumult, i
with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
3 I will cut off the judge j from the land
and kill all its officials k with him.
The LORD has spoken.
Judgment on Judah
4 The LORD says:
I will not relent from punishing Judah l
for three crimes, even four,
because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD m
and have not kept his statutes. n
The lies o that their ancestors followed p
have led them astray.
5 Therefore, I will send fire q against Judah,
and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
Judgment on Israel
6 The LORD says:
I will not relent from punishing Israel r
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals. s
7 They trample the heads of the poor t
on the dust of the ground
and obstruct the path of the needy. u
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl, v
profaning my holy name. w
8 They stretch out beside every altar x
on garments taken as collateral, y
and in the house of their God
they drink wine obtained through fines. z
9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite a as Israel advanced;
his height b was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit c above and his roots beneath.
10 And I brought you from the land of Egypt d
and led you forty years in the wilderness e
in order to possess the land of the Amorite. f
11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets g
and some of your young men as Nazirites. h
Is this not the case, Israelites?
This is the LORD’S declaration.
12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.” i
13 Look, I am about to crush E you in your place j
as a wagon crushes when full of grain.
14 Escape will fail the swift, k
the strong one will not maintain his strength, l
and the warrior will not save his life.
15 The archer will not stand his ground, m
the one who is swift of foot
will not save himself,
and the one riding a horse will not save his life. n
16 Even the most courageous of the warriors
will flee naked on that day o—
this is the LORD’S declaration.