¹ The LORD says:
“For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, ² but I will send a fire on Moab, ³ and I will cut off the judge from among them, ⁴ The LORD says:
“For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, ⁵ but I will send a fire on Judah, ⁶ The LORD says:
“For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, ⁷ They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth ⁸ They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. ⁹ Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of the cedars,
yet I destroyed his fruit from above, ¹⁰ Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt ¹¹ I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
Isn’t this true, ¹² “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, ¹³ Behold,¹ I will crush you in your place, ¹⁴ Flight will perish from the swift. ¹⁵ He who handles the bow won’t stand. ¹⁶ He who is courageous among the mighty