Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
Now God's people were in the wrong, and God was judging His people because they were in the wrong. But God had said, "You're not to touch My anointed, and do My prophets no harm" ( 1 Chronicles 16:22 ). God had said to Abraham, "I will bless those that bless you, and I will curse those that curse you" ( Genesis 12:3 ). I don't care how wrong the children of God are, don't you touch them. You know my kids may be brats, but don't you touch them. I'll do the correction of my children. If someone else should come in and touch my children, then I rise in defense for them. So would God in His children. Though they were wrong, though they deserved the punishment, that's something that God reserved for Himself. "I'll take care of them, don't you touch them."