the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
002:002 but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces
of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting,
and with the sound of the trumpet;
002:003 and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill
all its princes with him," says Yahweh.
002:004 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected
Yahweh's law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies
have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;
002:005 But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour
the palaces of Jerusalem."
002:006 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold
the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
002:007 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father
use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
002:008 and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes
taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.
002:009 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was
like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks;
yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
002:010 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty
years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
002:011 I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your
young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children
of Israel?" says Yahweh.
002:012 "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded
the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'
002:013 Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes
that is full of grain.
002:014 Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen
his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
002:015 neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is
swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides
the horse deliver himself;
002:016 and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked
on that day," says Yahweh.
003:001 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel,
against the whole family which I brought up out of the land
of Egypt, saying:
003:002 "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth.
Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."
003:003 Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
003:004 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
003:005 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare
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