| 1 | Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime; |
| 2 | but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; |
| 3 | and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says Yahweh. |
| 4 | Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh's law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked; |
| 5 | But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem." |
| 6 | Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; |
| 7 | They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name; |
| 8 | and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. |
| 9 | Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. |
| 10 | Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. |
| 11 | I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says Yahweh. |
| 12 | "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!' |
| 13 | Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain. |
| 14 | Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself; |
| 15 | neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself; |
| 16 | and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says Yahweh. |
