1:11 This is what the Lord says:

“Because Edom has committed three crimes ¹  –

make that four! ²  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ³ 

He chased his brother ⁴  with a sword;

he wiped out his allies. ⁵ 

In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; ⁶ 

in his fury he relentlessly attacked them. ⁷ 

1:12 So I will set Teman ⁸  on fire;

fire ⁹  will consume Bozrah’s ¹⁰  fortresses.”

1:13 This is what the Lord says:

“Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes ¹¹  –

make that four! ¹²  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ¹³ 

They ripped open Gilead’s pregnant women ¹⁴ 

so they could expand their territory.

1:14 So I will set fire to Rabbah’s ¹⁵  city wall; ¹⁶ 

fire ¹⁷  will consume her fortresses.

War cries will be heard on the day of battle; ¹⁸ 

a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm. ¹⁹ 

1:15 Ammon’s ²⁰  king will be deported; ²¹ 

he and his officials ²²  will be carried off ²³  together.”

The Lord has spoken!

2:1 This is what the Lord says:

“Because Moab has committed three crimes ²⁴  –

make that four! ²⁵  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ²⁶ 

They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime. ²⁷ 

2:2 So I will set Moab on fire, ²⁸ 

and it will consume Kerioth’s ²⁹  fortresses.

Moab will perish ³⁰  in the heat of battle ³¹ 

amid war cries and the blaring ³²  of the ram’s horn. ³³ 

2:3 I will remove ³⁴  Moab’s leader; ³⁵ 

I will kill all Moab’s ³⁶  officials ³⁷  with him.”

The Lord has spoken!