Amos 2

1 The LORD says: “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;

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, will I not turn away his punishment; For he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime!

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;

But I will send a fire on Moab, Which shall devour the palaces of Kirioth; And Moab shall die amid tumults, Amid the war-shout, and the sound of the trumpet.

3 and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the LORD.

I will destroy the judge from the midst of him, And slay all the princes with him, saith Jehovah.

4 The LORD says: “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, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, will I not turn away their punishment; For they have despised the law of Jehovah, And have not kept his statutes, And their idols have caused them to err, After which their fathers walked.

5 but I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

But I will send a fire upon Judah, Which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

6 The LORD says: “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 sandals;

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, will I not turn away their punishment. For they sell the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;

7 They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.

They pant for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And pervert the cause of the afflicted. The son and the father go in to the same damsel, To dishonor my holy name.

8 They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

They lay themselves down upon pledged garments Near every altar; And drink wine, procured by fines, In the house of their gods.

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.

Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them, Who were tall as the cedars, And strong as the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above, And their roots beneath.

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.

I brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you in the desert forty years, That ye might possess the land of the Amorite.

11 I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is not this true, you children of Israel?” says the LORD.

Of your sons also I raised up prophets, And of your young men Nazarites; Is it not even so, O ye sons of Israel? saith Jehovah.

12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets, Saying, Prophesy not!

13 Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

Behold, I will press you down, As a wagon presseth down that is full of sheaves.

14 Flight will perish from the swift. The strong will not strengthen his force. The mighty will not deliver himself.

And flight shall fail the swift, And the strong shall not exert his strength, And the mighty shall not save his life,

15 He who handles the bow will not stand. He who is swift of foot will not escape. He who rides the horse will not deliver himself.

And he that handleth the bow shall not stand, And the swift of foot shall not save himself, And the horseman shall not escape with his life.

16 He who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says the LORD.

He that is strong in heart among the mighty Shall, in that day, flee away naked, saith Jehovah.