Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel 1 UDB Yahweh also said this: "I will punish the people of Moab because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they dug up the bones of the king of Edom and burned them completely, with the result that the ashes became as white as 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 UDB So I will cause a fire to completely burn the fortresses of the city of Kerioth in Moab. People will hear soldiers shouting and blowing trumpets loudly while I am causing Moab to be destroyed 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 UDB and while I am getting rid of its king and all its leaders. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!" BSB BSB: I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.
4 UDB Yahweh also said this: "I will punish the people of Judah because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they have rejected what I taught them and they have not obeyed my commands. They have been deceived and persuaded to worship false gods, the same gods that their ancestors worshiped. 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 UDB So I will cause a fire to completely burn everything in Judah, including the fortresses in Jerusalem." BSB BSB: So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
6 UDB Yahweh also said this: "I will punish the people of Israel because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they sell righteous people to get a small amount of silver; they sell poor people, causing them to become slaves, getting for each of them only the amount of money with which they could buy a pair of sandals. 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 UDB It is as though they trample the poor people into the dirt and do not treat the helpless fairly. Men and their fathers dishonor me by sleeping with the same slave girl. 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 UDB Long ago, to assist your ancestors, I got rid of the Amor people. They seemed to be as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oak trees, but I got rid of them completely, as easily as someone cuts off the branches of a tree and then digs out all the roots. 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 UDB I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, and then I led them through the desert for forty years. Then I enabled them to conquer the land of the Amorites, Canaan. 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 UDB I chose some of you Israelites to be prophets, and I chose others to be Nazir who were completely dedicated to me. You people of Israel certainly know that what I have said is true! 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 UDB But you commanded the prophets to not speak the messages that I gave to them, and you persuaded the Nazir to drink wine, which I told them never to do. BSB BSB: “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13 UDB So I will crush you as the wheels of a wagon that is loaded with grain crushes whatever it rolls over. BSB BSB: Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
14 UDB Even if you run fast, you will not escape; even if you are strong, it will be as though you are weak, and warriors will be unable to save themselves. BSB BSB: Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
15 UDB Even if you are able to shoot arrows well, you will be forced to retreat; even if you run fast or if you ride away on a horse, you will not be able to save yourself. 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 UDB Even warriors who are very brave will drop their weapons when they try to flee on the day that I get rid of them. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it." BSB BSB: Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.