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Verse 1

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Moab,{H4124} yea, for four,{H702} I will not turn away{H7725} the punishment thereof; because he burned{H8313} the bones{H6106} of the king{H4428} of Edom{H123} into lime:{H7875}

Verse 2

but I will send{H7971} a fire{H784} upon Moab,{H4124} and it shall devour{H398} the palaces{H759} of Kerioth;{H7152} and Moab{H4124} shall die{H4191} with tumult,{H7588} with shouting,{H8643} and with the sound{H6963} of the trumpet;{H7782}

Verse 3

and I will cut off{H3772} the judge{H8199} from the midst{H7130} thereof, and will slay{H2026} all the princes{H8269} thereof with him, saith{H559} Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 4

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Judah,{H3063} yea, for four,{H702} I will not turn away{H7725} the punishment thereof; because they have rejected{H3988} the law{H8451} of Jehovah,{H3068} and have not kept{H8104} his statutes,{H2706} and their lies{H3577} have caused them to err,{H8582} after{H310} which their fathers{H1} did walk:{H1980}

Verse 5

but I will send{H7971} a fire{H784} upon Judah,{H3063} and it shall devour{H398} the palaces{H759} of Jerusalem.{H3389}

Verse 6

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Israel,{H3478} yea, for four,{H702} I will not turn away{H7725} the punishment thereof; because they have sold{H4376} the righteous{H6662} for silver,{H3701} and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes—{H5275}

Verse 7

they that pant{H7602} after the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} on the head{H7218} of the poor,{H1800} and turn aside{H5186} the way{H1870} of the meek:{H6035} and a man{H376} and his father{H1} go{H3212} unto the [same] maiden,{H5291} to profane{H2490} my holy{H6944} name:{H8034}

Verse 8

and they lay themselves down{H5186} beside{H681} every altar{H4196} upon clothes{H899} taken in pledge;{H2254} and in the house{H1004} of their God{H430} they drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} of such as have been fined.{H6064}

Verse 9

Yet destroyed{H8045} I the Amorite{H567} before{H6440} them, whose height{H1363} was like the height{H1363} of the cedars,{H730} and he was strong{H2634} as the oaks;{H437} yet I destroyed{H8045} his fruit{H6529} from above,{H4605} and his roots{H8328} from beneath.

Verse 10

Also I brought you up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and led{H3212} you forty{H705} years{H8141} in the wilderness,{H4057} to possess{H3423} the land{H776} of the Amorite.{H567}

Verse 11

And I raised up{H6965} of your sons{H1121} for prophets,{H5030} and of your young men{H970} for Nazirites.{H5139} Is it not even thus, O ye children{H1121} of Israel?{H3478} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 12

But ye gave the Nazirites{H5139} wine{H3196} to drink,{H8248} and commanded{H6680} the prophets,{H5030} saying,{H559} Prophesy{H5012} not.

Verse 13

Behold, I will press{H5781} [you] in your place, as a cart{H5699} presseth{H5781} that is full{H4392} of sheaves.{H5995}

Verse 14

And flight{H4498} shall perish{H6} from the swift;{H7031} and the strong{H2389} shall not strengthen{H553} his force;{H3581} neither shall the mighty{H1368} deliver{H4422} himself;{H5315}

Verse 15

neither shall he stand{H5975} that handleth{H8610} the bow;{H7198} and he that is swift{H7031} of foot{H7272} shall not deliver{H4422} [himself]; neither shall he that rideth{H7392} the horse{H5483} deliver{H4422} himself;{H5315}

Verse 16

and he that is courageous{H533} among the mighty{H1368} shall flee away{H5127} naked{H6174} in that day,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

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