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2:1  Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke my decree. Because they incinerated to ashes the bones of the king of Edom,
2:2  I will send down fire on Moab to devour the palaces of Kerioth. Moab will perish amid the uproar, amid war cries and the sound of trumpets.
2:3  I will destroy its rulers and slaughter all of his officials with him.
2:4  Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke my decree. Because they have spurned the law of the Lord and have not observed his statutes, having been led astray by the lies which their fathers followed,
2:5  I will send fire down on Judah to devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
2:6  Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke my decree. They sell righteous people for silver and the poor for a pair of sandals.
2:7  They have trampled the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and thrust the lowly out of their way. Father and son lie with the same prostitute, profaning my holy name.
2:8  They lie down beside every altar upon garments acquired as surety, while drinking in the house of their God the wine purchased with the fines they impose.
2:9  Yet I was the one who destroyed the Amorites before them; they were as tall as the cedars and as strong as the oaks. I was the one who destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.
2:10  I was the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt and for forty years led you through the desert to take possession of the land of the Amorites.
2:11  I was the one who raised up some of your sons to be prophets and some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not indeed true, O Israelites? says the Lord.
2:12  But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine and commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy!”
2:13  Therefore, I will crush you just as a cart crushes when it is fully laden.
2:14  The swift will be unable to take flight; the strong man will not retain his strength, and the warrior will be unable to save his life.
2:15  The archer will not stand his ground; the swift of foot will not escape, nor will the horseman save his life.
2:16  Even the bravest of warriors will flee away naked on that day, says the Lord.