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2:1  This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Moab because they cremated the bones of the king of Edom, burning them to lime.
2:2  So I will send down fire upon Moab, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in the uproar of battle, with a war cry and with the trumpeting of the ram's horn.
2:3  I will execute their rulers among them, killing all of their officials as well," says the LORD.
2:4  This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Judah —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they rejected the Law of the LORD and did not keep his statutes. Their own lies made them wander off, following along the same path their ancestors walked.
2:5  So I will send down fire upon Judah, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Jerusalem."
2:6  This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they sold the righteous for money, and the poor for sandals,
2:7  moving quickly to rub the face of the needy in the dirt. Corrupting the ways of the humble, a man and his father go to the same woman, deliberately defiling my holy name.
2:8  They lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods.
2:9  Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath.
2:10  Furthermore, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, leading you in the wilderness for 40 years, to take possession of the land of the Amorites.
2:11  I also raised up your sons to be prophets, and from your young men I raised up Nazirites. Is this not true, people of Israel?" declares the LORD.
2:12  "But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine, and commanded the prophets, 'You are not to prophesy!'
2:13  "Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!
2:14  So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life.
2:15  The skilled archer will not be able to stand, the swift runner will not survive, and the mounted rider will not preserve his own life.
2:16  Even the bravest of elite troops will run away naked at that time," declares the LORD.