Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel

¹ This is what the LORD says:

“For three transgressions^* of Moab, even four,

I will not revoke My judgment,^*

because he burned^* to lime

the bones of Edom’s king.

² So I will send fire against Moab

to consume the citadels of Kerioth.

Moab will die in tumult,

amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

³ I will cut off the ruler of Moab

and kill all the officials with him,”

says the LORD.

⁴ This is what the LORD says:

“For three transgressions^* of Judah, even four,

I will not revoke My judgment,^*

because they reject the Law of the LORD

and fail to keep His statutes;

they are led astray by the lies

in which their fathers walked.

⁵ So I will send fire upon Judah

to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

⁶ This is what the LORD says:

“For three transgressions^* of Israel, even four,

I will not revoke My judgment,^*

because they sell^* the righteous for silver

and the needy^* for^* a pair of sandals.^*

⁷ They trample^* on the heads of the poor

as on the dust of the earth;

they push the needy^* out of their way.

A man and his father

have relations with^* the same girl

and so profane My holy name.

⁸ They lie down beside every altar

on garments taken in pledge.

And in the house of their God,

they drink wine^* obtained through fines.

⁹ Yet it was I who destroyed

the Amorite before them,

though his height was like that of the cedars,

and he was as strong as the oaks.

Yet I destroyed his fruit above

and his roots below.

¹⁰ And I brought you up from the land of Egypt

and led you forty years in the wilderness,

that you might take possession

of the land of the Amorite.

¹¹ I raised up prophets from your sons

and Nazirites from your young men.

Is this not true,

O children of Israel?”

declares the LORD.

¹² “But you made the Nazirites drink wine

and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

¹³ Behold, I am about to crush you in your place

as with a cart full of grain.

¹⁴ Escape will fail the swift,

the strong will not prevail by his strength,

and the mighty will not save his life.

¹⁵ The archer will not stand his ground,

the fleet of foot will not escape,

and the horseman will not save his life.

¹⁶ Even the bravest of mighty men

will flee naked^* on that day,”

declares the LORD.