Amos 2

1 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath burnt the bones of the king of Edom even to ashes.

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 And I will seed a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, 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 the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.

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

4 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have 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 And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.

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

6 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes.

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 bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, 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 And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.

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 cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots 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 It is I that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I led you forty years through the wilderness, that you might possess the land of the Amorrhite.

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 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith 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 And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.

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

13 Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.

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

14 And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong 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 And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse 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 And the stout of heart among the valiant shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.

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