1. The Lord proclaims:For three crimes of Moab,and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment,because he burned to limethe bones of the king of Edom.
2. So I will send down a fire on Moab;it will devour the palaces of Kerioth.Moab will die in a great uproar,with a war cry, with the sound of the ram’s horn.
3. I will remove their judge from themand slay all their officials with him,says the Lord.
4. The Lord proclaims:For three crimes of Judah,and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment,because they have rejected the Instruction of the Lord, and haven’t kept his laws.They have been led off the right path by the same liesafter which their ancestors walked.
5. So I will send a fire on Judah,and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6. The Lord proclaims:For three crimes of Israel,and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment,because they have sold the innocent for silver,and those in need for a pair of sandals.
7. They crush the head of the poor into the dust of the earth,and push the afflicted out of the way.Father and son have intercourse with the same young woman,degrading my holy name.
8. They stretch out beside every altaron garments taken in loan;in the house of their god they drinkwine bought with fines they imposed.