2:1   The LORD said: I will punish Moab for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They made lime from the bones of the king of Edom.

2:2   Now I will send fire to destroy the fortresses of Kerioth. Battle shouts and trumpet blasts will be heard as I destroy Moab

2:3   with its king and leaders. I, the LORD, have spoken!

2:4   The LORD said: I will punish Judah for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They have rejected my teachings and refused to obey me. They were led astray by the same false gods their ancestors worshiped.

2:5   Now I will send fire on Judah and destroy the fortresses of Jerusalem.

2:6   The LORD said: I will punish Israel for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They sell honest people for money, and the needy are sold for the price of sandals.

2:7   They smear the poor in the dirt and push aside those who are helpless. My holy name is dishonored, because fathers and sons sleep with the same young women.

2:8   They lie down beside altars on clothes taken as security for loans. And they drink wine in my temple, wine bought with the money they received from fines.

2:9   Israel, the Amorites were there when you entered Canaan. They were tall as cedars and strong as oaks. But I wiped them out-- I destroyed their branches and their roots.

2:10   I had rescued you from Egypt, and for forty years I had led you through the desert. Then I gave you the land of the Amorites.

2:11   I chose some of you to be prophets and others to be Nazirites. People of Israel, you know this is true. I, the LORD, have spoken!

2:12   But you commanded the prophets not to speak their message, and you pressured the Nazirites into drinking wine.

2:13   And so I will crush you, just as a wagon full of grain crushes the ground.

2:14   No matter how fast you run, you won't escape. No matter how strong you are, you will lose your strength and your life.

2:15   Even if you are an expert with a bow and arrow, you will retreat. And you won't get away alive, not even if you run fast or ride a horse.

2:16   You may be brave and strong, but you will run away, stripped naked. I, the LORD, have spoken!