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The Bishops' Bible (1568)
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King James Version
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[1]Thus sayth the Lorde, For three wickednesses of Moab, & for foure I will not spare him: because he burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime [1]Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
[2]Therfore will I send a fire into Moab, which shal consume the palaces of Carioth, and Moab shall die with tumult, with showting, and with the sounde of the trumpet [2]But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
[3]And I will cut of the iudge out of the mids therof, and wil slay all the princes therof with him, sayth the Lorde [3]And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
[4]Thus sayth the Lorde, For three wickednesses of Iuda, and for foure I will not spare hym: because they haue cast away the lawe of the Lord, and haue not kept his ordinaunces, and their lies caused them to erre, after the which their fathers walked [4]Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
[5]Therfore will I send a fire into Iuda, which shall consume the palaces of Hierusalem [5]But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
[6]Thus sayth the Lorde, For three wickednesses of Israel, and for foure I wil not spare hym: because they solde the righteous for siluer, and the poore for a paire of shoes [6]Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
[7]They gape for breath ouer the head of the poore in the dust of the earth, & peruert the way of the meke: A man and his father will go in to one mayde, to dishonour my holy name [7]That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
[8]And they lye vpon clothes layde to pledge by euery aulter: and in the house of their god, they drinke the wine of the condempned [8]And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
[9]Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose heyght was like the height of the Cedar trees, and he was strong as the okes: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruite from aboue, and his roote from beneath [9]Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
[10]Also I brought you vp from the lande of Egypt, & led you fourtie yeres thorow the wildernesse, to possesse the lande of the Amorites [10]Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
[11]And I raysed vp of your sonnes for prophetes, and of your young men for Nazarites: Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, sayth the Lorde [11]And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
[12]But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commaunded the prophetes, saying, Prophecie not [12]But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
[13]Beholde, I am pressed vnder you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaues [13]Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
[14]Therfore the flight shall perishe from the swift, and the strong shal not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life [14]Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
[15]Nor he that handleth the bowe shall stande, nor he that is swift of foote shall escape, neither shall he that rydeth the horse, saue his life [15]Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
[16]And he that is of mightie courage among the strong men, shal flee away naked in that day, sayth the Lorde [16]And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
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