1 Thus says the Lord : Is. 15:1–16;Jer. 25:21; Ezek. 25:8–11; Zeph. 2:8–11 “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he 2 Kin. 3:26, 27 burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Jer. 48:24, 41 Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound.
3 And I will cut off Num. 24:17; Jer. 48:7 the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the Lord .
4 Judgment on Judah Thus says the Lord : “For three transgressions of 2 Kin. 17:19; Hos. 12:2; Amos 3:2 Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Lev. 26:14 Because they have despised the law of the Lord , And have not kept His commandments. Is. 9:15, 16; 28:15; Jer. 16:19; Hab. 2:18 Their lies lead them astray, Lies Jer. 9:14; 16:11, 12; Ezek. 20:13, 16, 18 which their fathers followed.
5 Jer. 17:27; Hos. 8:14 But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
6 Judgment on Israel Thus says the Lord : “For three transgressions of Judg. 2:17–20;2 Kin. 17:7–18; 18:12; Ezek. 22:1–13, 23–29 Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because Is. 29:21 they sell the righteous for silver, And the Joel 3:3; Amos 4:1; 5:11; 8:6; Mic. 2:2; 3:3 poor for a pair of sandals.
7 They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And Amos 5:12 pervert the way of the humble. Lev. 18:6–8; Ezek. 22:11 A man and his father go in to the same girl, Lev. 20:3; Ezek. 36:20–22 To defile My holy name.
8 They lie down 1 Cor. 8:10 by every altar on clothes Ex. 22:26 taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the Gen. 15:16; Num. 21:25; Deut. 2:31; Josh. 10:12 Amorite before them, Whose height was like the Ezek. 31:3 height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I Is. 5:24; Ezek. 17:9; (Mal. 4:1) destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath.
10 Also it was Ex. 12:51; Amos 3:1; 9:7 I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And Deut. 2:7 led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite.
11 I raised up some of your sons as Num. 12:6 prophets, And some of your young men as Num. 6:2, 3; Judg. 13:5 Nazirites. Is it not so, O you children of Israel?” Says the Lord .
12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets Is. 30:10; Jer. 11:21; Amos 7:13, 16; Mic. 2:6 saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’
13 “Behold, Is. 1:14 I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.
14 Jer. 46:6 Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Ps. 33:16; Jer. 9:23 Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;
15 He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
16 The most courageous men of might Shall flee naked in that day,” Says the Lord .