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2:1  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.
2:2  Now I will send fire to destroy the fortresses of Kerioth. Battle shouts and trumpet blasts will be heard as I destroy Moab
2:3  with its king and leaders. I, the Lord, have spoken!
2:4  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.
2:5  Now I will send fire on Judah and destroy the fortresses of Jerusalem.
2:6  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.
2:7  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.
2:8  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.
2:9  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.
2:10  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.
2:11  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!
2:12  But you commanded the prophets not to speak their message, and you pressured the Nazirites into drinking wine.
2:13  And so I will crush you, just as a wagon full of grain crushes the ground.
2:14  No matter how fast you run, you won't escape. No matter how strong you are, you will lose your strength and your life.
2:15  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.
2:16  You may be brave and strong, but you will run away, stripped naked. I, the Lord, have spoken!