¹ Thus says the LORD,
“For three transgressions of Moab and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. ² “So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid tumult,
With war cries and the sound of a trumpet. ³ “I will also cut off the judge from her midst
And slay all her princes with him,” says the LORD. ⁴ Thus says the LORD,
“For three transgressions of Judah and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they rejected the law of the LORD
And have not kept His statutes;
Their lies also have led them astray,
Those after which their fathers walked. ⁵ “So I will send fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.” ⁶ Thus says the LORD,
“For three transgressions of Israel and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they sell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals. ⁷ “These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless
Also turn aside the way of the humble;
And a man and his father resort to the same girl
In order to profane My holy name. ⁸ “On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. ⁹ “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
Though his height was like the height of cedars
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. ¹⁰ “It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And I led you in the wilderness forty years
That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite. ¹¹ “Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets
And some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the LORD. ¹² “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’ ¹³ “Behold, I am weighted down beneath you
As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves. ¹⁴ “Flight will perish from the swift,
And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the mighty man save his life. ¹⁵ “He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground,
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will he who rides the horse save his life. ¹⁶ “Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day,” declares the LORD.