1. Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Moab,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because he burned to limethe bones of the king of Edom.
2. So I will send a fire upon Moab,and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,and Moab shall die amid uproar,amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3. I will cut off the ruler from its midst,and will kill all its princes with him,”says the Lord.
4. Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because they have rejected the law of the Lord,and have not kept his statutes,but their lies have led them astray,those after which their fathers walked.
5. So I will send a fire upon Judah,and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
6. Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Israel,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because they sell the righteous for silver,and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7. those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earthand turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl,so that my holy name is profaned;
8. they lay themselves down beside every altaron garments taken in pledge,and in the house of their God they drinkthe wine of those who have been fined.