Amos 2

1 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!

Thus says YHWH: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

2 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.

but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

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

and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its officials with him," says YHWH.

4 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.

Thus says YHWH: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected YHWH's law, and have not kept his statutes. Their false idols which they made, after which their fathers walked, have led them astray.

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

But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem."

6 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;

Thus says YHWH: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

7 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.

They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

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

and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

9 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.

Yet I destroyed 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.

10 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.

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 Amorite.

11 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.

I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says YHWH.

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

"But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy.'

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

Look, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

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

Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

15 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.

neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

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

and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says YHWH.