The Tanach, with the evidence built in
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Chapter 2
1Thus said the LORD:For three transgressions of Moab,For four, I will not revoke it:Because he burned the bonesOf the king of Edom to lime.
2I will send down fire upon Moab,And it shall devour the fortresses of Kerioth.And Moab shall die in tumult,Amid shouting and the blare of horns;
3I will wipe out the ruler from within herAnd slay all her officials along with him—said the LORD.
4Thus said the LORD:For three transgressions of Judah,For four, I will not revoke it:Because they have spurned the Teaching of the LORDAnd have not observed His laws;They are beguiled by the delusionsAfter which their fathers walked.
5I will send down fire upon Judah,And it shall devour the fortresses of Jerusalem.
6Thus said the LORD:For three transgressions of Israel,For four, I will not revoke it:Because they have sold for silverThose whose cause was just,And the needy for a pair of sandals.
7[Ah,] you who trample the heads of the poorInto the dust of the ground,And make the humble walk a twisted course!Father and son go to the same girl,And thereby profane My holy name.
8They recline by every altarOn garments taken in pledge✦,And drink in the House of their GodWine bought with fines they imposed.
9Yet IDestroyed the Amorite before them,Whose stature was like the cedar’sAnd who was stout as the oak,Destroying his boughs aboveAnd his trunk below!
10And IBrought you up from the land of EgyptAnd led you through the wilderness forty years,To possess the land of the Amorite!
11And I raised up prophets from among your sonsAnd nazirites from among your young men.Is that not so, O people of Israel?—says the LORD.
12But you made the nazirites drink wineAnd ordered the prophets not to prophesy.
13Ah, I will slow your movementsAs a wagon is slowedWhen it is full of cut grain.
14Flight shall fail the swift,The strong shall find no strength,And the warrior shall not save his life.
15The bowman shall not hold his ground,And the fleet-footed shall not escape,Nor the horseman save his life.
16Even the most stouthearted warriorShall run away unarmed that day—declares the LORD.
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).