1Thus saith Jehovah : For three transgressions of Moab , yea, for four , I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime . 2But I will send a fire upon Moab , and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth ; and Moab shall die with tumult , with shouting , and with the sound of the trumpet ; 3and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof , and will slay all the princes thereof with him , saith Jehovah . 4Thus saith Jehovah : For three transgressions of Judah , yea, for four , I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah , and have not kept his statutes , and their lies have caused them to err , after which their fathers did walk . 5But I will send a fire upon Judah , and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem .
Judgment on Judah
6Thus saith Jehovah : For three transgressions of Israel , yea, for four , I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver , and the needy for a pair of shoes — 7they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor , and turn aside the way of the meek : and a man and his father go unto the same maiden , to profane my holy name : 8and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge ; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined .
The Sins of Israel
9Yet destroyed I 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 . 10Also 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. 11And I raised up of your sons for prophets , and of your young men for Nazirites . Is it not even thus , O ye children of Israel ? saith Jehovah . 12But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink , and commanded the prophets , saying, Prophesy not . 13Behold , I will press you in your place , as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves . 14And flight shall perish from the swift ; and the strong shall not strengthen his force ; neither shall the mighty deliver himself ; 15neither shall he stand that handleth the bow ; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself ; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself ; 16and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day , saith Jehovah .