5 Now I will send fire on Judahand destroy the fortressesof Jerusalem.
6 The Lord said:I will punish Israelfor countless crimes,and I won't change my mind.They sell honest people for money,and the needy are soldfor the price of sandals.
7 They throw the poor to the groundand push asidethose who are helpless.My holy name is dishonoured,because fathers and sons sleepwith the same young women.
8 They lie down beside altarson clothes takenas security for loans.And they drink wine in my temple,wine bought with the moneythey received from fines.
9 Israel, the Amorites were therewhen you entered Canaan.They were tall as cedarsand strong as oaks.But I wiped them out—I destroyed their branchesand their roots.
10 I had rescued you from Egypt,and for forty years I had led youthrough the desert.Then I gave you the landof the Amorites.
11 I chose some of youto be prophetsand others to be Nazirites.People of Israel,you know this is true.I, the Lord, have spoken!