Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel 1 ULT Thus says Yahweh,“For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn it back, because of his burning 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 ULT And I will send a fire into Moab, and it will devour the citadels of Kerioth, and Moab will die in an uproar, with a war cry, with the sound of the shofar. 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 ULT And I will cut off the judge from her midst, and all of her officials I will kill 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 ULT Thus says Yahweh,“For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn it back, because of their rejecting the law of Yahweh, and they did not keep his statutes, and their lies led them astray, which their fathers walked after them. 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 ULT And I will send a fire into Judah, and it will devour the citadels of Jerusalem.” BSB BSB: So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
6 ULT Thus says Yahweh,“For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn it back, because of their selling the righteous for silver, and the needy in exchange 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 ULT the ones trampling on the head of the poor to the dust of the earth, and they turn aside the way of the afflicted, and a man and his father go to the girl, in order to profane the name of my holiness. 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 ULT But I, I destroyed the Amorite from their faces, who like the height of cedars{ was} his height, and he{ was} strong as the oaks, and 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 ULT And I, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness forty years, 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 ULT And I raised up from your sons as prophets, and from your young men as Nazirites. Is it not even so, sons of Israel?”— the declaration of Yahweh. 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 ULT “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and on the prophets you commanded, saying,‘You shall not prophesy!’ BSB BSB: “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13 ULT Behold, I am pressing down in your place, just as the cart presses down, the one that is full of sheaves for it. BSB BSB: Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
14 ULT And retreat will perish from the swift, and the strong will not strengthen his power, and the mighty will not save his life, BSB BSB: Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
15 ULT and the one grasping the bow will not stand, and the swift on his feet will not save{ himself}, and the one riding the horse will not save his life. 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 ULT And the strong of his heart among the mighty, naked he will flee in that day”— the declaration of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.