Chapter 2

1 So I will send down fire on Moab, and all the cities will be destroyed 2 So I will send down fire on Moab, and all the cities will be destroyed. The people will fall in the streets, with no one to help them. 3 I will destroy their ruler and slaughter all their officials with him,” says the Lord. 4 this is what 5 I will send fire on judah 6 The archers will not stand their ground, the foot soldiers will not escape, and the 7 7 ked prosper, and the people of Israel have no respect for the Lord. 8 I will destroy the altars of the Lord in Bethel, and the high places of the sinful people of Israel. The people of Israel will fall in the streets. 9 They will be no more. 10 “But the people of Israel will see their destruction, and the days will come when they will be swept away, and none will remain in the land.” 11 I raised up prophets from among your own children and Nazarites from among your young men. Isn’t this true, people of Israel?" asks the Lord. 12 "But you caused the Nazarites to sin by making them drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!’ 13 So I will make you groan like a wagon loaded down with sheaves. 14 The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the mighty will not save their lives. 15 The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, v 16 and the mighty will not save their lives.