Judgment on Moab
This is what the LORD says:“For three offenses of aMoab, and for four,I will not 1revoke its punishment,Because he bburned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.Lit cause it to turn back, and so throughout the chIs 15:1-16:14; 25:10-12; Jer 48:1-47; Ezek 25:8-11; Zeph 2:8, 92 Kin 3:26, 27
2 “So I will send fire upon MoabAnd it will consume the citadels of aKerioth;And Moab will die amid the bpanic of battle,Amid war cries and the sound of a trumpet.Jer 48:24, 41Jer 48:453 “I will also eliminate the 1ajudge from her midstAnd slay all her bleaders with him,” says the LORD.Or executive officerPs 2:10; 141:6; Amos 5:7, 12; 6:12Job 12:21; Is 40:23
Judgment on Judah
4 This is what the LORD says:“For three offenses of aJudah, and for four,I will not revoke its punishment,Because they brejected the Law of the LORDAnd have not kept His statutes;Their 1clies also have led them astray,Those which their dfathers followed.Or false gods2 Kin 17:19; Hos 12:2; Amos 3:2Judg 2:17-20; 2 Kin 22:11-17; Jer 6:19; 8:9Is 9:15, 16; 28:15; Jer 16:19; Hab 2:18Jer 9:14; 16:11, 12; Ezek 20:18, 24, 305 “So I will asend fire upon Judah,And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”Jer 17:27; 21:10; Hos 8:14
Judgment on Israel
6 This is what the LORD says:“For three offenses of aIsrael, and for four,I will not revoke its punishment,Because they bsell the righteous for 1money,And the needy for a pair of sandals.Lit silver2 Kin 18:11, 12Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11, 12; 8:67 “These who 1trample the head of the ahelpless to the dust of the earthAlso bdivert the way of the humble;And a cman and his father 2resort to the same 3girlSo as to profane My holy name.Or pant for the dust...on the head of the helplessLit goPossibly a prostitute, or a temple prostituteAmos 8:4; Mic 2:2, 9Amos 5:12Hos 4:148 “And on garments aseized as pledges they stretch out beside bevery altar,And in the house of their God they cdrink the wine of those who have been fined.Ex 22:26Amos 3:14Amos 4:1; 6:6
9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the aAmorite before them,1Though his bheight was like the height of cedarsAnd he was as strong as the oaks;I also destroyed his cfruit above and his roots below.Lit Whose heightNum 21:23-25; Josh 10:12Num 13:32Ezek 17:9; Mal 4:110 “And it was I who abrought you up from the land of Egypt,And led you in the wilderness for bforty yearsSo that you might take possession of the land of the cAmorite.Ex 12:51; 20:2; Amos 3:1; 9:7Deut 2:7Ex 3:811 “Then I araised up some of your sons to be prophets,And some of your young men to be bNazirites.Is this not so, you sons of Israel?” declares the LORD.Deut 18:18; Jer 7:25Num 6:2, 3; Judg 13:512 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,And you commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You ashall not prophesy!’Is 30:10; Jer 11:21; Amos 7:13, 16; Mic 2:613 “Behold, I am amaking a rut in the ground beneath you,Just as a wagon makes a rut when filled with sheaves.Is 1:1414 “aRefuge will be lost from the swift,And the strong will not strengthen his power,Nor the bwarrior save his 1life.Lit soulIs 30:16, 17Ps 33:16; Jer 9:2315 “The one who agrasps the bow will not stand his ground,The swift of foot will not escape,Nor will the one who rides the bhorse save his 1life.Lit soulJer 51:56; Ezek 39:3Is 31:316 “Even the 1bravest among the warriors will aflee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.Lit strong of his heartJudg 4:17