1:4 So I will set Hazael’s house
fire
1:7 So I will set Gaza’s city wall
fire
1:8 I will remove
the one who holds the royal scepter from Ashkelon.
I will strike Ekron
the rest of the Philistines will also die.”
The sovereign Lord has spoken!
1:9 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Tyre has committed three crimes
make that four!
They sold
they failed to observe
1:10 So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall;
fire
1:11 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Edom has committed three crimes
make that four!
He chased his brother
he wiped out his allies.
In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest;
in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
1:12 So I will set Teman
fire
1:13 This is what the Lord says:
“Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes
make that four!
They ripped open Gilead’s pregnant women
so they could expand their territory.
1:14 So I will set fire to Rabbah’s
fire
War cries will be heard on the day of battle;
a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.
1:15 Ammon’s
he and his officials
The Lord has spoken!
2:1 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Moab has committed three crimes
make that four!
They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime.
2:2 So I will set Moab on fire,
and it will consume Kerioth’s
Moab will perish
amid war cries and the blaring
2:3 I will remove
I will kill all Moab’s
The Lord has spoken!
2:4 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions
make that four!
They rejected the Lord’s law;
they did not obey his commands.
Their false gods,
to which their fathers were loyal,
led them astray.
2:5 So I will set Judah on fire,
and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”
2:6 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions
make that four!
They sold the innocent
the needy for a pair of sandals.
2:7 They trample
they push the destitute away.
A man and his father go to the same girl;
in this way they show disrespect
2:8 They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral;
they do so right
They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied;
they do so right in the temple
2:9 For Israel’s sake I destroyed the Amorites.
They were as tall as cedars
and as strong as oaks,
but I destroyed the fruit on their branches
and their roots in the ground.
2:10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt;
I led you through the wilderness for forty years
so you could take the Amorites’ land as your own.
2:11 I made some of your sons prophets
and some of your young men Nazirites.
Is this not true, you Israelites?”
The Lord is speaking!
2:12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine;
you commanded the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy!’
2:13 Look! I will press you down,
like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.
2:14 Fast runners will find no place to hide;
strong men will have no strength left;
warriors will not be able to save their lives.
2:15 Archers
fast runners will not save their lives,
nor will those who ride horses.
2:16 Bravehearted
The Lord is speaking!