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2.2 KiB
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63 lines
2.2 KiB
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# Chapter 2
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1 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Moab
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for three crimes, even four,
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because he burned the bones
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of the king of Edom to lime.
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2 Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
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and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.
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Moab will die with a tumult,
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with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
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3 I will cut off the judge from the land
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and kill all its officials with him.
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The Lord has spoken.
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4 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Judah
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for three crimes, even four,
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because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord
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and have not kept his statutes.
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The lies that their ancestors followed
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have led them astray.
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5 Therefore, I will send fire against Judah,
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and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
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6 The Lord says:
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I will not relent from punishing Israel
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for three crimes, even four,
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because they sell a righteous person for silver
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and a needy person for a pair of sandals.
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7 They trample the heads of the poor
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on the dust of the ground
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and obstruct the path of the needy.
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A man and his father have sexual relations
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with the same girl,
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profaning my holy name.
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8 They stretch out beside every altar
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on garments taken as collateral,
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and in the house of their God
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they drink wine obtained through fines.
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9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;
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his height was like the cedars,
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and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
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I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
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10 And I brought you from the land of Egypt
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and led you forty years in the wilderness
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in order to possess the land of the Amorite.
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11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets
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and some of your young men as Nazirites.
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Is this not the case, Israelites?
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This is the Lord’s declaration.
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12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine
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and commanded the prophets,
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“Do not prophesy.”
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13 Look, I am about to crush you in your place
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as a wagon crushes when full of grain.
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14 Escape will fail the swift,
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the strong one will not maintain his strength,
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and the warrior will not save his life.
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15 The archer will not stand his ground,
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the one who is swift of foot
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will not save himself,
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and the one riding a horse will not save his life.
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16 Even the most courageous of the warriors
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will flee naked on that day—
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this is the Lord’s declaration. |