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| 2:1 | Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Moab, and for foure, I wil not turne away the punishment thereof, because hee burnt the bones of the King of Edom into lime. |
| 2:2 | But I will send a fire vpon Moab, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Kerioth, and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: |
| 2:3 | And I will cut off the iudge from the middest thereof, and wil slay all the princes thereof with him, sayeth the Lord. |
| 2:4 | Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Iudah, and for foure, I will not turne away the punishment thereof; because they haue despised the Law of the Lord, and haue not kept his Commandements, and their lies caused them to erre, after the which their fathers haue walked. |
| 2:5 | But I will send a fire vpon Iudah, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ierusalem. |
| 2:6 | Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, and for foure, I will not turne away the punishment thereof; because they solde the righteous for siluer, and the poore for a paire of shooes: |
| 2:7 | That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poore, and turne aside the way of the meeke; and a man and his father will goe in vnto the same maid, to profane my holy Name. |
| 2:8 | And they lay themselues downe vpon clothes laide to pledge, by euery Altar, and they drinke the wine of the condemned in the house of their God. |
| 2:9 | Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the Cedars, and hee was strong as the okes, yet I destroyed his fruite from aboue, and his rootes from beneath. |
| 2:10 | Also I brought you vp from the land of Egypt, and ledde you fourtie yeeres through the wildernesse, to possesse the land of the Amorite. |
| 2:11 | And I raised vp of your sonnes for Prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord ? |
| 2:12 | But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commaunded the Prophets, saying, Prophecie not. |
| 2:13 | Behold, I am pressed vnder you, as a cart is pressed that is ful of sheaues. |
| 2:14 | Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie deliuer himselfe: |
| 2:15 | Neither shall hee stand that handleth the bow, and hee that is swift of foote, shall not deliuer himselfe, neither shall hee that rideth the horse, deliuer himselfe. |
| 2:16 | And hee that is couragious among the mighty, shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord. |
| 2:1 | Thus sayeth the LORDE: For thre and foure wickednesses off Moab, I will not spare him: because he brent the bones off the kynge of Edom to asshes. |
| 2:2 | Therfore wil I sende a fyre in to Moab, which shal cosume ye pallaces of Carioth: so yt Moab shal perish with a noyse, and the sounde of a shawme. |
| 2:3 | I will rote out the iudge from amoge them, and slaye all his prynces with him, sayeth the LORDE. |
| 2:4 | Thus sayeth the LORDE: for thre ad foure wickednesses of Iuda, I wil not spare him: because he hath cast asyde the lawe of the LORDE, and not kepte his commaundementes: for why, they wolde nedes be disceaued with the lyes, that their forefathers folowed. |
| 2:5 | Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Iuda, which shal consume the palaces of Ierusalem. |
| 2:6 | Thus sayeth the LORDE: For thre & foure wickednesses of Israel, I wil not spare him: because he hath solde the rightuous for money, and the poore for shues. |
| 2:7 | They treade vpon poore mens heades in the dust of the earth, & croke the wayes off the meke. The sonne and the father go to the harlot, to dishonoure my holy name: |
| 2:8 | they lye besyde euery aulter vpon clothes taken to pledge, and in the house of their goddes they drynke the wyne of the oppressed. |
| 2:9 | Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, that was as hie as the Cedre trees, and as stronge as the okes: notwithstodinge I destroyed his frute fro aboue, and his rote from vnder. |
| 2:10 | Agayne: I brought you out of the londe of Egipte, and led you xl. yeares thorow the wyldernesse, that ye might haue the Amoriters londe in possession. |
| 2:11 | I raysed vp prophetes amonge youre children, and absteyners amonge youre yoge men. Is it not so, o ye children of Israel, sayeth the LORDE? |
| 2:12 | But ye gaue the absteyners wyne to drynke, yee ye comaunded the prophetes, sayenge: Prophecy not. |
| 2:13 | Beholde, I wil crasshe you in sonder, like as a wayne crassheth, yt is full of sheaues: |
| 2:14 | so that ye swifte shall not escape, nether the stronge be able to do eny thynge: no, the giaunte shal not saue his owne life. |
| 2:15 | The archer shall not abyde, and the swifte off fote shall not escape. The horsma shal not saue his life, |
| 2:16 | & he that is as maly of stomack as a giaunte, shall in that daye be fayne to runne his waye naked, sayeth the LORDE. |
| 2:1 | The Lord God seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Moab, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte it, for it brente the boonys of the kyng of Idumee til to aische. |
| 2:2 | And Y schal sende fier in to Moab, and it schal deuoure the housis of Carioth; and Moab schal die in sown, in the noise of a trumpe. |
| 2:3 | And Y schal leese a iuge of the myddis therof, and Y schal sle with it alle the princes therof, seith the Lord. |
| 2:4 | The Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Juda, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte hym, for he hath caste awei the lawe of the Lord, and kepte not the comaundementis of hym; for her idols, after whiche the fadris of hem yeden, disseyueden hem. |
| 2:5 | And Y schal sende fier in to Juda, and it schal deuoure the housis of Jerusalem. |
| 2:6 | The Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Israel, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte hym, for that that he seelde a iust man for siluer, and a pore man for schoon. |
| 2:7 | Whiche al to-foulen the heedis of pore men on the dust of erthe, and bowen awei the weie of meke men; and the sone and his fadir yeden to a damesele, that thei schulden defoule myn hooli name. |
| 2:8 | And thei eeten on clothis leid to wedde bisidis ech auter, and drunken the wyn of dampned men in the hous of her God. |
| 2:9 | Forsothe Y distriede Ammorrei fro the face of hem, whos hiynesse was the hiynesse of cedris, and he was strong as an ook; and Y al to-brak the fruyt of hym aboue, and the rootis of hym bynethe. |
| 2:10 | Y am, that made you to stie fro the lond of Egipt, and ledde you out in desert bi fourti yeer, that ye schulden welde the lond of Ammorrei. |
| 2:11 | And Y reiside of youre sones in to profetis, and Nayareis of youre yonge men. Whether it is not so, ye sones of Israel? seith the Lord. |
| 2:12 | And ye birliden wyn to Nayareis, and comaundiden to profetis, and seiden, Profecie ye not. |
| 2:13 | Lo! Y schal charke vndur you, as a wayn chargid with hei charkith. |
| 2:14 | And fliyt schal perische fro a swift man, and a strong man schal not holde his vertu, and a stalworthe man schal not saue his lijf; |
| 2:15 | and he that holdith a bowe schal not stonde, and a swift man schal not be sauyd by hise feet; and the stiere of an hors schal not saue his lijf, |
| 2:16 | and a stronge man of herte schal fle nakid among stronge men in that dai, seith the Lord. |
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