Book of Amos, Chapter 2
Chapter 2 of Amos
¶ “For three transgressions of Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[a]
because he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ker′ioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
and will slay all its princes with him,”
says the LORD.
¶ “For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[b]
because they have rejected the law of the LORD,
and have not kept his statutes,
but their lies have led them astray,
after which their fathers walked.
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
¶ “For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;[c]
because they sell the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of shoes—
and turn aside the way of the afflicted;
a man and his father go in to the same maiden,
so that my holy name is profaned;
upon garments taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.
whose height was like the height of the cedars,
and who was as strong as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above,
and his roots beneath.
and led you forty years in the wilderness,
to possess the land of the Amorite.
and some of your young men for Nazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”
says the LORD.
and commanded the prophets,
saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’
as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
and the strong shall not retain his strength,
nor shall the mighty save his life;
and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself,
nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
shall flee away naked in that day,”
says the LORD.FOOTNOTES
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