The Book of AMOS - Chapter Two

 
 

1 This is what the Lord says:

‘For three sins of Moab,

    even for four, I will not relent.

Because he burned to ashes

    the bones of Edom’s king,

2 

I will send fire on Moab

    that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.

Moab will go down in great tumult

    amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.

3 

I will destroy her ruler

    and kill all her officials with him,’

says the Lord.

4 This is what the Lord says:

‘For three sins of Judah,

    even for four, I will not relent.

Because they have rejected the law of the Lord

    and have not kept his decrees,

because they have been led astray by false gods,

    the gods their ancestors followed,

5 

I will send fire on Judah

    that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.’

6 This is what the Lord says:

‘For three sins of Israel,

    even for four, I will not relent.

They sell the innocent for silver,

    and the needy for a pair of sandals.

7 

They trample on the heads of the poor

    as on the dust of the ground

    and deny justice to the oppressed.

Father and son use the same girl

    and so profane my holy name.

8 

They lie down beside every altar

    on garments taken in pledge.

In the house of their god

    they drink wine taken as fines.

9 

‘Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,

    though they were tall as the cedars

    and strong as the oaks.

I destroyed their fruit above

    and their roots below.

10 

I brought you up out of Egypt

    and led you for forty years in the wilderness

    to give you the land of the Amorites.

11 

‘I also raised up prophets from among your children

    and Nazirites from among your youths.

Is this not true, people of Israel?’

declares the Lord.

12 

‘But you made the Nazirites drink wine

    and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

13 

‘Now then, I will crush you

    as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.

14 

The swift will not escape,

    the strong will not muster their strength,

    and the warrior will not save his life.

15 

The archer will not stand his ground,

    the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,

    and the horseman will not save his life.

16 

Even the bravest warriors

    will flee naked on that day,’

declares the Lord.

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The Book of AMOS

Chapter Two

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