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A MO S 2
11 This
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13 This
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This is what the Lord says:
“The people of Moab have sinned again
and again,*
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They desecrated the bones of Edom’s king,
burning them to ashes.
So I will send down fire on the land
of Moab,
and all the fortresses in Kerioth will
be destroyed.
The people will fall in the noise of battle,
as the warriors shout and the ram’s
horn sounds.
And I will destroy their king
and slaughter all their princes,”
says the Lord.
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God’s Judgment on Judah and Israel
4 This is what the Lord says:
“The people of Judah have sinned again
and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They have rejected the instruction
of the Lord,
refusing to obey his decrees.
They have been led astray by the
same lies
that deceived their ancestors.
So I will send down fire on Judah,
and all the fortresses of Jerusalem will
be destroyed.”
6 This
is what the Lord says:
“The people of Ammon have sinned again
and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
When they attacked Gilead to extend their
borders,
they ripped open pregnant women with
their swords.
So I will send down fire on the walls of
Rabbah,
and all its fortresses will be destroyed.
The battle will come upon them with
shouts,
like a whirlwind in a mighty storm.
And their king* and his princes will go
into exile together,”
says the Lord.
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2
is what the Lord says:
“The people of Edom have sinned again
and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the
Israelites, with swords,
showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
and were unrelenting in their anger.
So I will send down fire on Teman,
and the fortresses of Bozrah will be
destroyed.”
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is what the Lord says:
“The people of Israel have sinned again
and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sell honorable people for silver
and poor people for a pair of sandals.
They trample helpless people in the dust
and shove the oppressed out of the way.
Both father and son sleep with the same
woman,
corrupting my holy name.
At their religious festivals,
they lounge in clothing their debtors put
up as security.
In the house of their gods,*
they drink wine bought with unjust fines.
“But as my people watched,
I destroyed the Amorites,
though they were as tall as cedars
and as strong as oaks.
I destroyed the fruit on their branches
and dug out their roots.
It was I who rescued you from Egypt
and led you through the desert for
forty years,
so you could possess the land of the
Amorites.
I chose some of your sons to be prophets
and others to be Nazirites.
Can you deny this, my people of Israel?”
asks the Lord.
“But you caused the Nazirites to sin by
making them drink wine,
and you commanded the prophets,
‘Shut up!’
“So I will make you groan
like a wagon loaded down with sheaves
of grain.
Your fastest runners will not get away.
The strongest among you will become
weak.
Even mighty warriors will be unable to save
themselves.
The archers will not stand their ground.
The swiftest runners won’t be fast enough
to escape.
Even those riding horses won’t be able
to save themselves.
On that day the most courageous of your
fighting men
will drop their weapons and run for
their lives,”
says the Lord.
1:15 Hebrew malcam, possibly referring to their god Molech.
2:1 Hebrew have committed three sins, even four; also in 2:4, 6.
2:8 Or their God.