Amos 2
1 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn back my punishment, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to ashes.”
2 I will send fire against Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth. Moab will die in the tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the trumpet.
3 I will remove the judge from its midst and kill all its officials along with him,” says the LORD.
4 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn back my punishment, because they rejected the law of the LORD and did not keep his decrees. Their lies led them astray—the lies their ancestors had followed.
5 I will send fire against Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
6 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn back my punishment, because they sold the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn the humble from their way. A man and his father go to the same young woman, profaning my holy name.
8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken as pledges, and drink the wine of those they have fined in the house of their god.
9 Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them. They were as tall as cedars and strong as oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.
10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you through the wilderness for forty years, so you could take possession of the land of the Amorites.
11 I raised up prophets from among your children and Nazirites from among your young men. Is this not so, people of Israel?—declares the LORD.
12 But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink and commanded the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy.’
13 Look, I am going to crush you beneath me, as a cart loaded with sheaves crushes what is beneath it.
14 The swift will find no place to flee; the strong will not muster his strength, and the warrior will not save his life.
15 The archer will not stand his ground; the fleet-footed will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
16 Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
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