2:1 This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not turn back my wrath. Because he burned, as if to lime, the bones of Edom’s king,
2:2 I will send fire upon Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.
2:3 I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him,” says the LORD.
2:4 This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not turn back my wrath. Because they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed,
2:5 I will send fire upon Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”
2:6 This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not turn back my wrath. They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.
2:7 They trample on the heads of the poor as upon the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.
2:8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines.
2:9 “I destroyed the Amorite before them, though he was tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
2:10 “I brought you up out of Egypt, and I led you forty years in the desert to give you the land of the Amorites.
2:11 I also raised up prophets from among your sons and Nazirites from among your young men. Is this not true, people of Israel?” declares the LORD.
2:12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
2:13 “Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
2:14 The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.
2:15 The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life.
2:16 Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
2:1 Thus says Jehovah, Because of three transgressions of Moab, / Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment; / Because he burned the bones / Of the king of Edom into lime.
2:2 And I will send fire upon Moab, / And it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; / And Moab will die amid tumult, / With shouting, with the sound of a trumpet.
2:3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst of it / And will slay all its princes with him, / Says Jehovah.
2:4 Thus says Jehovah, Because of three transgressions of Judah, / Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment; / Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah / And have not kept His statutes; / And their lies have caused them to err, / The lies which their fathers walked after.
2:5 And I will send fire upon Judah, / And it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
2:6 Thus says Jehovah, Because of three transgressions of Israel, / Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver / And the needy for a pair of sandals ?
2:7 They who pant after the dust of the earth upon the heads of the poor, / And turn aside the way of the meek. / And a man and his father go in unto the same young woman, / In order to profane My holy name.
2:8 And upon garments taken as pledge they lay themselves down / Beside every altar, / And in the house of their God they drink / The wine of those who have been fined.
2:9 But I 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 from above / And his roots from beneath.
2:10 And I brought you up from the land of Egypt / And led you in the wilderness for forty years, / To possess the land of the Amorites.
2:11 And I raised up some of your sons as prophets / And some of your young men as Nazarites. / Is it not indeed so, O children of Israel? / Declares Jehovah.
2:12 But you made the Nazarites drink wine / And commanded the prophets, saying, Do not prophesy.
2:13 Indeed I will press on you, / As a cart that is full of sheaves presses.
2:14 And flight will perish from the swift, / And the strong will not strengthen his force, / Nor will the mighty deliver his soul;
2:15 And he who wields the bow will not stand, / And he who is swift of foot will not deliver himself, / And he who rides the horse will not deliver his soul.
2:16 And he who is stout-hearted among the mighty men / Will flee away naked in that day, / Declares Jehovah.