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Judgment on Moab, Judah and Israel
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.
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.
Judgment on Judah and Israel
Thus 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 revoke its punishment,
Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerijoth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet.
“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.
And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid tumult,
With war cries and the sound of a trumpet.
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.
“I will also cut off the judge from her midst
And slay all her princes with him,” says the LORD.
And slay all her princes with him,” says the LORD.
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.
Thus 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.
“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.
And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
“So I will send fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
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;
Thus 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.
“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.
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 [same] maid, to profane my holy name.
“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.
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.
And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of their God the wine of the condemned.
“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 in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
The Ingratitude of Israel
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
“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.
And I led you in the wilderness forty years
That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
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.
“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 some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the LORD.
And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’
Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
“Behold, I am weighted down beneath you
As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.
As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.
And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
“Flight will perish from the swift,
And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the mighty man save his life.
And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the mighty man save his life.
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;
“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.
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will he who rides the horse save his life.