Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel 1 UEB This is what Yahweh says: "For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to 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 UEB I will send fire on Moab, and it will devour the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will die in an uproar, with shouting and 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 UEB I will destroy the judge in her, and I will kill all the princes with him," says Yahweh. BSB BSB: I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.
4 UEB This is what Yahweh says: "For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because they rejected the law of Yahweh and did not keep his statutes. Their lies caused them to go astray, after which their fathers had also 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 UEB I will send fire on Judah, and it will devour the fortresses of Jerusalem." BSB BSB: So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
6 UEB This is what Yahweh says: "For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because they sold the innocent for silver and the needy for 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 UEB They trample on the heads of the poor as people trample on dust on the ground; they push the oppressed away. A man and his father sleep with the same girl and so 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 UEB Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars; he was strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. 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 UEB Also, I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorites. 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 UEB I raised up prophets from among your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is it not so, people of Israel? —this is Yahweh's declaration. 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 UEB But you persuaded the Nazirites to drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. BSB BSB: “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13 UEB Look, I will crush you as a cart that is full of grain can crush someone. BSB BSB: Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
14 UEB The swift will find no escape; the strong will not add to his own strength; neither will the mighty save 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 UEB The archer will not stand; the fast runner will not escape; the horseman will not save 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 UEB Even the bravest warriors will flee naked in that day —this is Yahweh's declaration." BSB BSB: Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.