“For ·the many [^Lthree, even four; 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 13] ·crimes [sins; transgressions] of Moab,
    I will ·punish them [^Lnot turn back/grant a reprieve].
They burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime [^Cdesecrating a tomb was a serious offense in the ancient Near East].
² So I will send fire on Moab
    that will ·destroy [consume; devour] the ·strong buildings [fortresses; palaces] of the city of Kerioth.
·The people of Moab [^LMoab] will die in a great ·noise [uproar; tumult],
    in the middle of ·the sounds of war [shouting; war cries] and trumpets.
³ So I will ·bring an end to [destroy; ^Lcut off] the king of Moab,
    and I will kill all its ·leaders [officials; princes] with him,” says the Lord.

“For ·the many [^Lthree, even four; 2:1] ·crimes [sins; transgressions] of Judah,
    I will ·punish them [^Lnot turn back/grant a reprieve].
They rejected the ·teachings [law; ^LTorah] of the Lord
    and did not ·keep [guard] his ·commands [statutes; ordinances; requirements];
they ·followed the same gods [or have been led astray by the same lies]
    as their ·ancestors [fathers] had followed.
⁵ So I will send fire on Judah,
    and it will ·destroy [consume; devour] the ·strong buildings [fortresses; palaces] of Jerusalem.”

“For ·the many [^Lthree, even four; 2:1] ·crimes [sins; transgressions] of Israel,
    I will ·punish them [^Lnot turn back/grant a reprieve].
For silver, they sell ·people who have done nothing wrong [the innocent/righteous];
    they sell the ·poor [needy] to buy a pair of sandals.
⁷ They ·walk [trample] on ·poor people [^Lthe heads of the poor] as if they were ·dirt [^Lthe dust of the ground/earth],
    and they ·refuse to be fair to [deny justice to; or push away] those who are ·suffering [afflicted].
Fathers and sons ·have sexual relations with [^Lgo in to] the same woman,
    and so they ·ruin [defile; profane] my holy name.
⁸ ·As they worship at their altars [^LBeside every altar],
    they lie down on clothes taken ·from the poor [^Lin pledge; ^Cas collateral for a debt; Deut. 24:12–13].
They fine people,
    and with that money they buy wine to drink in the house of their god.

⁹ “But it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them,
    who were tall like cedar trees and as strong as oaks—
I destroyed ·them completely [^Ltheir fruit above and roots below].
¹⁰ It was I who brought you from the land of Egypt
    and led you for forty years through the ·desert [wilderness]
    ·so I could give you [^Lto possess] the land of the Amorites.
¹¹ I made some of your children to be prophets
    and some of your young people to be Nazirites [Num. 6:2].
·People [^LSons/^TChildren] of Israel, isn’t this true?” says the Lord.
¹² “But you made the Nazirites drink wine [^Cviolating their vows; Num. 6:3]
    and ·told [commanded] the prophets not to prophesy.
¹³ Now I ·will make you get stuck [or will crush/press you down; or am burdened by you],
    as a wagon loaded with grain ·gets stuck [or is weighed/pressed down].
¹⁴ No one will ·escape [find refuge], not even the fastest runner.
    Strong people will not be strong enough;
    warriors will not be able to save themselves.
¹⁵ Soldiers with bows and arrows will not ·stand and fight [hold their ground],
    and even fast runners will not get away;
    soldiers on horses will not escape alive.
¹⁶ At that time even the bravest warriors
    will run away ·without their armor [^Lnaked],” says the Lord.