Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel 1 UST This is what Yahweh says,“The people of Moab have sinned again and again, so I will certainly punish them and will not change my mind about it, because they burned the bones of the king of Edom until only lime remained. 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 UST So I will send a fire to{ destroy}{ the nation of} Moab, and it will burn down the fortresses of{ the city of} Kerioth. Many people of Moab will die while soldiers shout, blow the ram’s horn, and destroy Moab. 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 UST I will get rid of the ruler of Moab, and I will kill all of Moab’s leaders along with him. That is what I, Yahweh, say.” BSB BSB: I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.
4 UST This is what Yahweh says,“The people of Judah have sinned again and again, so I will certainly punish them and will not change my mind about it, because they have rejected the instructions that I, Yahweh, gave them, and they have not obeyed my commands. The false gods that they worship have deceived them, the same false gods that their ancestors chose to worship. 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 UST So I will send a fire to{ destroy}{ the nation of} Judah, and it will completely burn down the fortresses of{ the city of} Jerusalem.” BSB BSB: So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
6 UST This is what Yahweh says,“The people of Israel have sinned again and again, so I will certainly punish them and will not change my mind about it, because they sell good people in order to get silver, and{ they sell} needy people to get 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 UST They oppress poor people as though they are crushing them into the dirt, and they are unjust to people who are suffering. A man and his father both have sexual relations with the same{ servant} girl, and so they dishonor me, the holy God. 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 UST But I am the one who destroyed the Amorite people group on behalf of your ancestors, even though those people were very tall like cedar trees and very strong like oak trees. I destroyed them completely. 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 UST I am the one who brought you Israelite people from{ being slaves in} the land of Egypt, and then I led your ancestors through the wilderness for forty years, so that I could give you the land of the Amorite people as your own. 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 UST { Over the years,} I chose some of your young men to become prophets, and others to be Nazirites. You Israelite people certainly know that this is true! This is what I, Yahweh, declare. 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 UST But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine, and you commanded the prophets to not tell people the messages that I, Yahweh, give to them! BSB BSB: “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13 UST So now I will make you unable to escape what will happen to you right where you are, just as a cart loaded with too much grain cannot move from where it is. BSB BSB: Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
14 UST { At that time,}{ even} people who can run quickly will not be able to escape, and{ even} strong people will not be strong enough, and{ even} warriors will not be able to rescue 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 UST { Even} those who shoot arrows will not be able to stand{ and do so}, and{ even} those who can run quickly will not be able to escape, and{ even} those who have a horse to ride will not be able to save themselves. 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 UST At that time,{ even} the bravest of the mighty men will run away naked. This is what I, Yahweh, declare.” BSB BSB: Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.