Amos 2

1 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Moab, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has burned the bones of the king of Idumea, all the way to ashes.

2 And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerijoth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet.

And I will send a fire onto Moab, and it will devour the buildings of Kerioth. And Moab will die with a noise, with the blare of a trumpet.

3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

And I will destroy the judge in their midst, and I will execute all his leaders with him, says the Lord.

4 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked.

Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Judah, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has rejected the law of the Lord and has not kept his commandments. For their idols, which their fathers followed, have deceived them.

5 And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

And I will send a fire onto Judah, and it will devour the buildings of Jerusalem.

6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Israel, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has sold the just for silver and the poor for shoes.

7 panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name.

They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth, and they divert the way of the humble. And the son, as well as his father, have gone to the same girl, so that they outrage my holy name.

8 And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of their God the wine of the condemned.

And they have lain on garments taken in pledge next to every altar. And they drank the wine of the damned in the house of their God.

9 But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

Yet I exterminated the Amorites before their face, whose height was like the height of cedars, and whose strength was like the oak. And I crushed his fruit from above and his roots below.

10 And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

It is I who caused you to ascend from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness for forty years, so that you might possess the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

And I stirred up prophets from your sons, and Nazirites from your young men. Is it not so, sons of Israel, says the Lord?

12 And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Yet you would offer wine to the Nazirites, and you would command the prophets, saying: “Do not prophesy.”

13 Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

Behold, I will creak under you, just as a wagon creaks that is laden with hay.

14 And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.

And flight will perish from the swift, and the strong will not maintain his strength, and the healthy will not save his life.

15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;

And one holding the bow will not stand firm, and the swift of foot will not be saved, and the rider on the horse will not save his life.

16 and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.

And the stout of heart among the strong will flee away naked in that day, says the Lord.