[1] The LORD said: I will punish Moab for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They made lime from the bones of the king of Edom. [2] Now I will send fire to destroy the fortresses of Kerioth. Battle shouts and trumpet blasts will be heard as I destroy Moab [3] with its king and leaders. I, the LORD, have spoken! [4] The LORD said: I will punish Judah for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They have rejected my teachings and refused to obey me. They were led astray by the same false gods their ancestors worshiped. [5] Now I will send fire on Judah and destroy the fortresses of Jerusalem. [6] The LORD said: I will punish Israel for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They sell honest people for money, and the needy are sold for the price of sandals. [7] They smear the poor in the dirt and push aside those who are helpless. My holy name is dishonored, because fathers and sons sleep with the same young women. [8] They lie down beside altars on clothes taken as security for loans. And they drink wine in my temple, wine bought with the money they received from fines. [9] Israel, the Amorites were there when you entered Canaan. They were tall as cedars and strong as oaks. But I wiped them out- I destroyed their branches and their roots. [10] I had rescued you from Egypt, and for forty years I had led you through the desert. Then I gave you the land of the Amorites. [11] I chose some of you to be prophets and others to be Nazirites. People of Israel, you know this is true. I, the LORD, have spoken! [12] But you commanded the prophets not to speak their message, and you pressured the Nazirites into drinking wine. [13] And so I will crush you, just as a wagon full of grain crushes the ground. [14] No matter how fast you run, you won't escape. No matter how strong you are, you will lose your strength and your life. [15] Even if you are an expert with a bow and arrow, you will retreat. And you won't get away alive, not even if you run fast or ride a horse. [16] You may be brave and strong, but you will run away, stripped naked. I, the LORD, have spoken!
