Chapter 2

Thus saith¹ the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away⁵⁵ [the punishment] thereof; because he burned² the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

But I will send¹⁴ a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour¹ the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die¹ with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet:

And I will cut off⁵² the judge⁶ from the midst thereof, and will slay⁴ all the princes thereof with him, saith¹ the LORD.

Thus saith¹ the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away⁵⁵ [the punishment] thereof; because they have despised² the law of the LORD, and have not kept¹ his commandments, and their lies caused them to err,⁵⁵ after the which their fathers have walked:¹

But I will send¹⁴ a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour¹ the palaces of Jerusalem.

Thus saith¹ the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away⁵⁵ [the punishment] thereof; because they sold² the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

That pant⁶ after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside⁵⁵ the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go⁴ in unto the [same] maid, to profane¹⁵ my holy name:

And they lay [themselves] down⁵⁵ upon clothes laid to pledge⁷ by every altar, and they drink⁴ the wine of the condemned⁷ [in] the house of their god.

Yet destroyed⁵² I the Amorite before them, whose height [was] like the height of the cedars, and he [was] strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed⁵⁵ his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

Also I brought you up⁵² from the land of Egypt, and led⁵⁵ you forty years through the wilderness, to possess² the land of the Amorite.

And I raised up⁵⁵ of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. [Is it] not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith⁷ the LORD.

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink;⁵⁵ and commanded¹⁴ the prophets, saying,² Prophesy¹¹ not.

Behold, I am pressed⁵⁶ under you, as a cart is pressed⁵⁵ [that is] full of sheaves.

Therefore the flight shall perish¹ from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen¹⁷ his force, neither shall the mighty deliver¹⁷ himself:

Neither shall he stand⁴ that handleth⁶ the bow; and [he that is] swift of foot shall not deliver¹⁷ [himself]: neither shall he that rideth⁶ the horse deliver¹⁷ himself.

And [he that is] courageous among the mighty shall flee away⁴ naked in that day, saith⁷ the LORD.