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2:1 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;
2:2 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; 2:3 and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says Yahweh. 2:4 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; 2:5 But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem." 2:6 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; 2:7 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; 2:8 and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God {The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "Elohim."} they drink the wine of those who have been fined. 2:9 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. 2:10 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. 2:11 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. 2:12 "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!' 2:13 Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain. 2:14 Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself; 2:15 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; 2:16 and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says Yahweh. |
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