2:1 Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
2:2 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 trumpet;
2:3 and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him, says Yahweh.
2:4 Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahwehs law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;
2:5 But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
2:6 Thus says Yahweh: 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;
2:7 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;
2:8 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.
2:9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
2:10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
2:11 I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isnt this true, you children of Israel? says Yahweh.
2:12 But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Dont prophesy!
2:13 Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
2:14 Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong wont strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
2:15 neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot wont escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
2:16 and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day, says Yahweh.