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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.
  • Judgment on Israel

    Thus 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.
  • 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.
  • But 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 cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.
  • And I will cut off the judge from its midst,
    And slay all its 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.
  • Judgment on Judah

    Thus 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.
  • And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
  • But I will send a fire upon Judah,
    And it shall devour the palaces 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;
  • Judgment on Israel

    Thus 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.
  • 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.
  • They [a]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.
  • 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.
  • They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge,
    And drink the wine of [b]the condemned in the house of their god.
  • 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.
  • “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.
  • 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.
  • Also 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 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.
  • 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 ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
  • “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
    And commanded the prophets saying,
    ‘Do not prophesy!’
  • Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
  • “Behold, I am [c]weighed down by you,
    As a cart full of sheaves [d]is weighed down.
  • And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
  • Therefore [e]flight shall perish from the swift,
    The strong shall not strengthen his power,
    Nor shall the mighty [f]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;
  • He shall not stand who handles the bow,
    The swift of foot shall not [g]escape,
    Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
  • and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.
  • The most [h]courageous men of might
    Shall flee naked in that day,”
    Says the Lord.

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