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2 : 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 : 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.
2 : 3 I will also cut off the judge from her midst And slay all her princes with him, says the LORD.
2 : 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.
2 : 5 So I will send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
2 : 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.
2 : 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.
2 : 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.
2 : 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.
2 : 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.
2 : 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.
2 : 12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, `You shall not prophesy!`
2 : 13 Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.
2 : 14 Flight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his life.
2 : 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.
2 : 16 Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day, declares the LORD.