<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because Edom has committed three crimes<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">make that four!<n id="2" /> &#8211; I will not revoke my decree of judgment.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He chased his brother<n id="4" /> with a sword;p> <p class="poetry">he wiped out his allies.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">make that four!<n id="2" /> &#8211; I will not revoke my decree of judgment.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They ripped open Gilead&#8217;s pregnant women<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">so they could expand their territory.p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">make that four!<n id="2" /> &#8211; I will not revoke my decree of judgment.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They rejected the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s law;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not obey his commands.p> <p class="poetry">Their false gods,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">to which their fathers were loyal,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">led them astray.p>