| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Moab because they cremated the bones of the king of Edom, burning them to lime. | 1The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Moab for three crimes, even four, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. |
| 2So I will send down fire upon Moab, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in the uproar of battle, with a war cry and with the trumpeting of the ram's horn. | 2Therefore, I will send fire against Moab, and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die with a tumult, with shouting and the sound of the ram's horn. |
| 3I will execute their rulers among them, killing all of their officials as well," says the LORD. | 3I will cut off the judge from the land and kill all its officials with him. The LORD has spoken. |
| 4This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Judah —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they rejected the Law of the LORD and did not keep his statutes. Their own lies made them wander off, following along the same path their ancestors walked. | 4The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD and have not kept His statutes. The lies that their ancestors followed have led them astray. |
| 5So I will send down fire upon Judah, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Jerusalem." | 5Therefore, I will send fire against Judah, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem. |
| 6This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they sold the righteous for money, and the poor for sandals, | 6The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Israel for three crimes, even four, because they sell a righteous person for silver and a needy person for a pair of sandals. |
| 7moving quickly to rub the face of the needy in the dirt. Corrupting the ways of the humble, a man and his father go to the same woman, deliberately defiling my holy name. | 7They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and block the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning My holy name. |
| 8They lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods. | 8They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken as collateral, and in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. |
| 9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath. | 9Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced; his height was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. |
| 10Furthermore, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, leading you in the wilderness for 40 years, to take possession of the land of the Amorites. | 10And I brought you from the land of Egypt and led you 40 years in the wilderness in order to possess the land of the Amorite. |
| 11I also raised up your sons to be prophets, and from your young men I raised up Nazirites. Is this not true, people of Israel?" declares the LORD. | 11I raised up some of your sons as prophets and some of your young men as Nazirites. Is this not the case, Israelites? This is the LORD's declaration. |
| 12"But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine, and commanded the prophets, 'You are not to prophesy!' | 12But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets," Do not prophesy." |
| 13"Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain! | 13Look, I am about to crush you in your place as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain. |
| 14So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life. | 14Escape will fail the swift, the strong one will not prevail by his strength, and the brave will not save his life. |
| 15The skilled archer will not be able to stand, the swift runner will not survive, and the mounted rider will not preserve his own life. | 15The archer will not stand his ground, the one who is swift of foot will not save himself, and the one riding a horse will not save his life. |
| 16Even the bravest of elite troops will run away naked at that time," declares the LORD. | 16Even the most courageous of the warriors will flee naked on that day-- this is the LORD's declaration. |
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