1Thus says the Lord:“For three transgressions of Moab,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because he burned to limethe bones of the king of Edom.
2So I will send a fire upon Moab,and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,and Moab shall die amid uproar,amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3I will cut off the ruler from its midst,and will kill all its princes with him,”says the Lord.
4Thus says the Lord:“For three transgressions of Judah,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because they have rejected the law of the Lord,and have not kept his statutes,but their lies have led them astray,those after which their fathers walked.
5So I will send a fire upon Judah,and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
6Thus says the Lord:“For three transgressions of Israel,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because they sell the righteous for silver,and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earthand turn aside the way of the afflicted;a man and his father go in to the same girl,so that my holy name is profaned;
8they lay themselves down beside every altaron garments taken in pledge,and in the house of their God they drinkthe wine of those who have been fined.
9“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,whose height was like the height of the cedarsand who was as strong as the oaks;I destroyed his fruit aboveand his roots beneath.
10Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egyptand led you forty years in the wilderness,to possess the land of the Amorite.
11And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,and some of your young men for Nazirites.Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”declares the Lord.
12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,and commanded the prophets,saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’
13“Behold, I will press you down in your place,as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
14Flight shall perish from the swift,and the strong shall not retain his strength,nor shall the mighty save his life;
15he who handles the bow shall not stand,and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself,nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
16and he who is stout of heart among the mightyshall flee away naked in that day,”declares the Lord.