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Thus says the
For three transgressions of Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; 1
because he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
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So I will send a fire on Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
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I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill all its officials with him,
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Thus says the
For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; 2
because they have rejected the law of the
and have not kept his statutes,
but they have been led astray by the same lies
after which their ancestors walked.
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So I will send a fire on Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.
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Thus says the
For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; 3
because they sell the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals--
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they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth,
and push the afflicted out of the way;
father and son go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
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they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they drink
wine bought with fines they imposed.
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Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of cedars,
and who was as strong as oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above,
and his roots beneath.
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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.
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And I raised up some of your children to be prophets
and some of your youths to be nazirites. 4
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?
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But you made the nazirites 5 drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, "You shall not prophesy."
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So, I will press you down in your place,
just as a cart presses down
when it is full of sheaves. 6
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Flight shall perish from the swift,
and the strong shall not retain their strength,
nor shall the mighty save their lives;
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those who handle the bow shall not stand,
and those who are swift of foot shall not save themselves,
nor shall those who ride horses save their lives;
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and those who are stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked in that day,
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