Amos 2

1 Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

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.

2 So will I send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the horn;

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.

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

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

4 Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept His statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk.

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.

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

So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

6 Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

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.

7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the humble; and a man and his father go unto the same maid, to profane My holy name;

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.

8 And they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of them that have been fined.

They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

9 Yet destroyed I 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 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.

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 Amorites.

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.

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

I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?”

12 But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying: 'Prophesy not.'

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

13 Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.

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

14 And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

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

15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

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

16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

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