1 Thus says the LORD: "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; NHEB — Amos 2:1
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; NHEB — Amos 2:2
3 and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its officials with him," says the LORD. NHEB — Amos 2:3
4 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected the LORD's law, and have not kept his statutes. Their false idols which they made, after which their fathers walked, have led them astray. NHEB — Amos 2:4
5 But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem." NHEB — Amos 2:5
6 Thus says the LORD: "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; NHEB — Amos 2:6
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; NHEB — Amos 2:7
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. NHEB — Amos 2:8
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. NHEB — Amos 2:9
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. NHEB — Amos 2:10
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 the LORD. NHEB — Amos 2:11
12 "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy.' NHEB — Amos 2:12
13 Look, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain. NHEB — Amos 2:13
14 Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself; NHEB — Amos 2:14
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; NHEB — Amos 2:15
16 and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says the LORD. NHEB — Amos 2:16