2 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.(A)
2 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;(B)
3 I will cut off the ruler from its midst
and will kill all its officials with him,
says the Lord.(C)
Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[b]
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord
and have not kept his statutes,
but they have been led astray by the same lies
after which their ancestors walked.(D)
5 So I will send a fire on Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.(E)
Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[c]
because they sell the righteous for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals—(F)
7 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 young woman,
so that my holy name is profaned;(G)
8 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.(H)
9 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.(I)
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.(J)
11 And I raised up some of your children to be prophets
and some of your youths to be nazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?
says the Lord.(K)
12 But you made the nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
saying, “You shall not prophesy.”(L)
13 So, I will press you down in your place,
just as a cart presses down
when it is full of sheaves.[d](M)
14 Flight shall perish from the swift,
and the strong shall not retain their strength,
nor shall the mighty save their lives;(N)
15 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;(O)
16 and those who are stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked on that day,
says the Lord.(P)
Footnotes
- 2.1Heb cause it to return
- 2.4Heb cause it to return
- 2.6Heb cause it to return
- 2.13Meaning of Heb uncertain
Cross references
- 2.1 : Isa 15; 16; Jer 48; Zeph 2.8, 9
- 2.2 : Jer 48.41, 45
- 2.3 : Ps 2.10; Isa 40.23; Jer 48.7; Am 5.7, 12
- 2.4 : 2 Kings 17.19; Jer 6.19; Ezek 20.13; Joel 3.2
- 2.5 : Jer 17.27; Hos 8.14
- 2.6 : 2 Kings 18.12; Joel 3.3; Am 5.11, 12
- 2.7 : Lev 20.3; Hos 4.14; Am 5.12; 8.4
- 2.8 : Ex 22.26; Am 4.1; 6.6; 1 Cor 8.10
- 2.9 : Num 13.33; Deut 2.31; Isa 5.24; Mal 4.1
- 2.10 : Ex 3.8; 12.51; Deut 2.7
- 2.11 : Num 6.2, 3; Jer 7.25
- 2.12 : Isa 30.10; Jer 11.21; Am 7.12, 13; Mic 2.6
- 2.13 : Joel 3.13
- 2.14 : Ps 33.16; Isa 30.16, 17; Jer 9.23
- 2.15 : Isa 31.3; Jer 51.26; Ezek 39.3
- 2.16 : Jer 48.41