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2 ‎(1) Thus said GOD:
For three transgressions of Moab,
For four, I will not revoke the decree:
Because he burned the bones
Of the king of Edom to lime. ‎(2) I will send down fire upon Moab,
And it shall devour the fortresses of Kerioth.
And Moab shall die in tumult,
Amid shouting and the blare of horns; ‎(3) I will wipe out the ruler from within her
And slay all her officials along with him
—said GOD. ‎(4) Thus said GOD:
For three transgressions of Judah,
For four, I will not revoke the decree:
Because they have spurned the Teaching of GOD
And have not observed divine laws;
They are beguiled by the delusions
After which their ancestors walked. ‎(5) I will send down fire upon Judah,
And it shall devour the fortresses of Jerusalem. ‎(6) Thus said GOD:
For three transgressions of Israel,
For four, I will not revoke the decree:
Because they have sold for silver
Those whose cause was just,
And the needy for a pair of sandals. ‎(7) [Ah,] you who trample the heads of the poor
Into the dust of the ground,
And make the humble walk a twisted course!
Father and son go to the same woman,
And thereby profane My holy name. ‎(8) They recline by every altar
On garments taken in pledge,
And drink in the House of their God
Wine bought with fines they imposed. ‎(9) Yet I
Destroyed the Amorite before them,
Whose stature was like the cedar’s
And who was stout as the oak,
Destroying his boughs above
And his trunk below! ‎(10) And I
Brought you up from the land of Egypt
And led you through the wilderness forty years,
To possess the land of the Amorite! ‎(11) And I raised up prophets from among your sons
And nazirites from among your young men.
Is that not so, O people of Israel?
—says GOD. ‎(12) But you made the nazirites drink wine
And ordered the prophets not to prophesy. ‎(13) Ah, I will slow your movements
As a wagon is slowed
When it is full of cut grain. ‎(14) Flight shall fail the swift,
The strong shall find no strength,
And the warrior shall not save his life. ‎(15) The archer shall not hold his ground,
And the fleet-footed shall not escape,
Nor the horseman save his life. ‎(16) Even the most stouthearted warrior
Shall run away unarmed that day
—declares GOD.
Version: THE JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition
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