• 1 Thus says Yahweh, “For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not turn back its punishment Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
  • 2 “So I will send fire upon Moab, And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid great rumbling, Amid a loud shout and the sound of a trumpet.
  • 3 “I will also cut off the judge from her midst And kill all her princes with him,” says Yahweh.

  • Punishment of Judah and Israel

  • 4 Thus says Yahweh, “For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not turn back its punishment Because they rejected the law of Yahweh And have not kept His statutes; Their falsehood also has led them astray, That which their fathers walked after.
  • 5 “So I will send fire upon Judah, And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
  • 6 Thus says Yahweh, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not turn back its punishment Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.
  • 7 “These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the poor Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father go to the same young woman In order to profane My holy name.
  • 8 “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.
  • 9 “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.
  • 10 “And 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.
  • 11 “Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your choice men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh.
  • 12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’
  • 13 “Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.
  • 14 “So flight will perish from the swift, And the strong will not instill his power with courage, Nor will the mighty man make his life escape.
  • 15 “He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse make his life escape.
  • 16 “Even the most courageous of heart among the mighty men will flee naked in that day,” declares Yahweh.