Amos 2

1 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

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 So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

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 I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,”

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

4 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in 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 So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

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

6 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell 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 on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so 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 lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

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

9 Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

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 And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of 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 prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?”

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 made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

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

13 Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.

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

14 Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

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

15 The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

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 Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,”

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