Amos Chapter 2 Back Next{2:1} 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;
{2:2} but I will send a
fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of
Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
{2:3} and I will cut off the
judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says Yahweh.
{2:4} Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of
Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected Yahweh's
law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their
fathers walked;
{2:5} But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of
Jerusalem."
{2:6} Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of
Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
{2:7} They trample on the
dust of the
earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
{2:8} and they lay themselves down beside every
altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their
God they
drink the wine of those who have been fined.
{2:9} Yet I destroyed 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.
{2:10} Also I brought you up out of the land of
Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
{2:11} I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says Yahweh.
{2:12} "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'
{2:13} Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a
cart crushes that is full of
grain.
{2:14} Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
{2:15} neither shall he stand who handles the
bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the
horse deliver himself;
{2:16} and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says Yahweh.
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