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This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Moab, even for four,
I will not turn back my wrath. Becuase he burned,
as if to lime, the bones of Edoms'sking.
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I will send fire upon Moab that willconsume the fortresses of Kerioth.
Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries and the blast of
the trumpet.
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I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him," says the LORD.
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This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Edom, even for four,
I will not turn back my wrath. Because they have rejected the law of the
LORD and have not kept his decrees, because they have been astray
by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed,
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I will send fire upon Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem."
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This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Edom, even for four,
I will not turn back my wrath. They sell the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals.
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They trample on the heads of the poor as upon the dust of the ground
and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and
so profane my holy name.
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They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge.
In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines.
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"I destroyed the Amorite before them, though he was tall as the cedars
and strong as oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
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"I brought you up out of Egypt, and I led you forty years in the desert
to give you the land of the Amorites.
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I also raised up prophets among your sons and Nazirites from among
your young men. Is theis not true, people of Israel?" declares the LORD.
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"But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets
not to prophesy.
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"Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
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The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength,
and the warrior will not save his life.
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The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not
get away, and the horseman will not save his life.
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Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day," declares the LORD.
