Judgment on Moab

1
Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of (a)Moab and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom [Esau’s descendant] into lime [and used it to plaster a Moabite house].
2

“So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon Moab
And it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth;
And Moab shall die amid tumult and uproar,
With war cries and shouts of alarm and the sound of the trumpet.
3

“I will also cut off and destroy the ruler from its midst
And slay all the princes with him,” says the Lord.

Footnotes:

a. Amos 2:1: Descendants of Moab, the son born to Lot and his elder daughter (Gen 19:30-38).