Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel 1 AKJV Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: BSB BSB: This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
2 AKJV But I will send a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: BSB BSB: So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
3 AKJV And I will cut off the judge from the middle thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, says the LORD. BSB BSB: I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.
4 AKJV Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: BSB BSB: This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
5 AKJV But I will send a fire on Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
6 AKJV Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; BSB BSB: This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 AKJV 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 will go in to the same maid, to profane my holy name: BSB BSB: They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
9 AKJV Yet 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. BSB BSB: Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
10 AKJV Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. BSB BSB: And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
11 AKJV And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O you children of Israel? says the LORD. BSB BSB: I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
12 AKJV But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. BSB BSB: “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13 AKJV Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. BSB BSB: Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
14 AKJV Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: BSB BSB: Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
15 AKJV Neither shall he stand that handles the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rides the horse deliver himself. BSB BSB: The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
16 AKJV And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, says the LORD. BSB BSB: Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.