1. This is what the Lord says:“Because Moab has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment.They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime.
2. So I will set Moab on fire,and it will consume Kerioth’s fortresses.Moab will perish in the heat of battleamid war cries and the blaring of the ram’s horn.
3. I will remove Moab’s leader;I will kill all Moab’s officials with him.”The Lord has spoken!
4. This is what the Lord says:“Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment.They rejected the Lord’s law;they did not obey his commands.Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal,led them astray.
5. So I will set Judah on fire,and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”
6. This is what the Lord says:“Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment.They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.
7. They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor;they push the destitute away.A man and his father go to the same girl;in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.
8. They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar!They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied;they do so right in the temple of their God!