21 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime; 2 but I will send a fire on Moab,
and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth;
and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; 3 and I will cut off the judge from their midst,
and will kill all its princes with him,”
says Yahweh. 4 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they have rejected Yahweh’s law,
and have not kept his statutes,
and their lies have led them astray,
after which their fathers walked; 5 But I will send a fire on Judah,
and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

The Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says Yahweh:

“For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they have sold the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of shoes; 7 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
and deny justice to the oppressed;
and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name; 8 and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of the cedars,
and he was strong as the oaks;
yet I destroyed his fruit from above,
and his roots from beneath. 10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
and led you forty years in the wilderness,
to possess the land of the Amorite. 11 I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for Nazirites.
Isn’t this true,
you children of Israel?” says Yahweh. 12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’ 13 Behold, I will crush you in your place,
as a cart crushes that is full of grain. 14 Flight will perish from the swift;
and the strong won’t strengthen his force;
neither shall the mighty deliver himself; 15 neither shall he stand who handles the bow;
and he who is swift of foot won’t escape;
neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself; 16 and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,”
says Yahweh.

The Roar of the Lion

31 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: 2 “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth.
Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.” 3 Do two walk together,
unless they have agreed? 4 Will a lion roar in the thicket,
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out of his den,
if he has caught nothing? 5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth,
where no snare is set for him?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when there is nothing to catch? 6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city,
without the people being afraid?
Does evil happen to a city,
and Yahweh hasn’t done it? 7 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing,
unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. 8 The lion has roared.
Who will not fear?
The Lord Yahweh has spoken.
Who can but prophesy?

The Doom of Samaria

9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod,
and in the palaces in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,
and see what unrest is in her,
and what oppression is among them.” 10 “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh,
“Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.” 11 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“An adversary will overrun the land;
and he will pull down your strongholds,
and your fortresses will be plundered.” 12 Thus says Yahweh:

“As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs,
or a piece of an ear,
so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch,
and on the silken cushions of a bed.” 13 “Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies. 14 “For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him,
I will also visit the altars of Bethel;
and the horns of the altar will be cut off,
and fall to the ground. 15 I will strike the winter house with the summer house;
and the houses of ivory will perish,
and the great houses will have an end,”
says Yahweh.