1. the Lord says:“For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because he burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
2. 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 shofar;
3. and I will cut off the judge from amongst them,and will kill all its princes with him,”says the Lord.
4. the Lord says:“For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because they have rejected the Lord’s law,and have not kept his statutes,and their lies have led them astray,after which their fathers walked;
5. but I will send a fire on Judah,and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
6. the Lord says:“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;
7. 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;
8. 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.