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\c 2
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\p
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\v 1 Yahweh also said this:
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\q1 "I will punish the people of Moab because of the many sins that they have committed;
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\q2 I will not change my mind about punishing them,
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\q1 because they dug up the bones of the king of Edom and burned them completely,
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\q2 with the result that the ashes became as white as lime.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 2 So I will cause a fire to completely burn the fortresses of the city of Kerioth in Moab.
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\q2 People will hear soldiers shouting and blowing trumpets loudly
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\q2 while I am causing Moab to be destroyed
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\q1
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\v 3 and while I am getting rid of its king and all its leaders.
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\q2 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!"
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\s5
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\p
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\v 4 Yahweh also said this:
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\q1 "I will punish the people of Judah because of the many sins that they have committed;
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\q2 I will not change my mind about punishing them,
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\q1 because they have rejected what I taught them
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\q2 and they have not obeyed my commands.
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\q1 They have been deceived and persuaded to worship false gods,
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\q2 the same gods that their ancestors worshiped.
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\q1
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\v 5 So I will cause a fire to completely burn everything in Judah, including the fortresses in Jerusalem."
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\s5
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\p
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\v 6 Yahweh also said this:
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\q1 "I will punish the people of Israel because of the many sins that they have committed;
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\q2 I will not change my mind about punishing them,
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\q1 because they sell righteous people to get a small amount of silver;
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\q2 they sell poor people, causing them to become slaves,
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\q2 getting for each of them only the amount of money with which they could buy a pair of sandals.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 It is as though they trample the poor people into the dirt
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\q2 and do not treat the helpless fairly.
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\q2 Men and their fathers dishonor me by sleeping with the same slave girl.
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\q1
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\v 8 When poor people borrow money,
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\q2 the lenders force those people to give to them a piece of clothing for them to keep until he can pay back the money.
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\q1 But at the end of each day, instead of returning that garment as Yahweh had commanded them to,
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\q2 they lie down on that garment at the places where they worship their gods!
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\q1 They make people pay money for various reasons,
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\q2 and then they drink it in the temples of their gods.
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\q1
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\v 9 Long ago, to assist your ancestors, I got rid of the Amor people group.
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\q2 They seemed to be as tall as cedar trees
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\q2 and as strong as oak trees,
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\q1 but I got rid of them completely,
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\q2 as easily as someone cuts off the branches of a tree and then digs out all the roots.
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\q1
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\v 10 I brought your ancestors out of Egypt,
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\q2 and then I led them through the desert for forty years.
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\q2 Then I enabled them to conquer the land of the Amorites, Canaan.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 11 I chose some of you Israelites to be prophets,
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\q2 and I chose others to be Nazir who were completely dedicated to me.
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\q1 You people of Israel certainly know that what I have said is true!
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\q1
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\v 12 But you commanded the prophets to not speak the messages that I gave to them,
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\q1 and you persuaded the Nazir to drink wine,
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\q2 which I told them never to do.
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\q1
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\v 13 So I will crush you
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\q2 as the wheels of a wagon that is loaded with grain crushes whatever it rolls over.
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\q1
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\v 14 Even if you run fast,
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\q2 you will not escape;
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\q1 even if you are strong, it will be as though you are weak,
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\q2 and warriors will be unable to save themselves.
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\q1
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\v 15 Even if you are able to shoot arrows well,
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\q2 you will be forced to retreat;
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\q1 even if you run fast or if you ride away on a horse,
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\q2 you will not be able to save yourself.
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\q1
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\v 16 Even warriors who are very brave will drop their weapons
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\q2 when they try to flee on the day that I get rid of them.
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\q1 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
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