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.

This is what Yahweh says: “For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to 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:

I will send fire on Moab, and it will devour the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will die in an uproar, with shouting 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 in her, and I will kill all the princes with him,” says Yahweh.

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.

This is what Yahweh says: “For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because they rejected the law of Yahweh and did not keep his statutes. Their lies caused them to go astray, after which their fathers had also walked.

5 And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.

I will send fire on Judah, and it will devour the fortresses 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.

This is what Yahweh says: “For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not turn away punishment, because they sold the innocent for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

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 trample on the heads of the poor as people trample on dust on the ground; they push the oppressed away. A man and his father sleep with the same girl and so profane 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 lie down beside every altar on clothes taken as pledges, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who were fined.

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 Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars; he was strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

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.

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 Amorites.

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?

I raised up prophets from among your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is it not so, people of Israel? —this is Yahweh's declaration.

12 And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.

But you persuaded the Nazirites to drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

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

Look, I will crush you as a cart that is full of grain can crush someone.

14 And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.

The swift will find no escape; the strong will not add to his own strength; neither will the mighty save himself.

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.

The archer will not stand; the fast runner will not escape; the horseman will not save himself.

16 And the stout of heart among the valiant shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.

Even the bravest warriors will flee naked in that day —this is Yahweh's declaration.”