CHAPTER 2
This is what
the LORD
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of Moab,
even
four,
I will not
revoke My judgment,
because
he burned
the bones
of the king
of Edom
to lime.
So I will send
fire
against Moab
to consume
the citadels
of Kerioth.
Moab
will die
in tumult,
amid war cries
and the blast
of the trumpet.
This is what
the LORD
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of Judah,
even
four,
I will not
revoke My judgment,
because
they have rejected
the law
of the LORD
and have not
kept
His statutes;
they have been led astray
by the lies
in which
their forefathers
walked.
This is what
the LORD
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of Israel,
even
four,
I will not
revoke My judgment,
because
they sell
the righteous
for silver
and the needy
for
a pair of sandals.
They trample
on the heads
of the poor
as on
the dust
of the earth;
they push
the needy
out of their way.
A man
and his father
resort
to the same girl
and so
profane
My holy
name.
They lie down
beside
every
altar
on
garments
taken in pledge,
and in the house
of their God,
they drink
the wine
of the sanctioned.
Yet it was I
who destroyed
the Amorite
before them,
though
his height
was like that of
the cedars,
and he was
as strong
as the oaks;
yet I destroyed
his fruit
above
and his roots
below.
And I
brought
you up
from the land
of Egypt
and led
you
forty
years
in the wilderness,
that you might take possession
of the land
of the Amorite.
I raised up
prophets
from your sons
and Nazirites
from your young men.
Is this
not
true,
O children
of Israel?”
declares
the LORD.
Escape
will fail
the swift,
the strong
will not
prevail
by his strength,
and the mighty
will not
save
his life.
The archer
will not
stand his ground,
the fleet
of foot
will not
escape,
and the horseman
will not
save
his life.