Amos 2

1 Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Moab, and because of four, will I not turn it back, —Because he burned the bones of the King of Edom to lime,

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 Therefore will I send a fire into Moab, which shall devour the palaces of Kerioth—and Moab, shall die with tumult, with war- cry, with the sound of a horn;

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 out of her midst, and, all her rulers, will I slay with him, saith Yahweh.

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

4 Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Judah, and because of four, will I not turn it back, —Because they have rejected the law of Yahweh, and, his statutes, have not kept, but their falsehoods, have led them astray, after the which their fathers, did walk,

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 Therefore will I send a fire upon Judah, —which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

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

6 Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Israel, and because of four, will I not turn it back, —Because they have sold—for silver—the righteous, and the needy—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 Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and, the way of the oppressed, they pervert, —Yea, a man and his own father, go in unto the maid, 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, on pledged garments, they recline, beside every altar, —and, exacted wine, do they drink, 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 it was, I, who destroyed the Amorite, from before them, whose height was, like the height of cedars, and, strong, was he, like the oaks, —but I destroyed his fruit 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 And it was, I, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, —and led you in the desert, forty years, to take possession of the land of the Amorites;

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 Nazirites, —Was it not even so, ye sons of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh;

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 yet ye caused the Nazirites to drink wine, —and, on the prophet, laid ye command, saying, Ye shall not prophesy!

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

13 Lo! I, am pressed under you, —as a full cart is pressed by its sheaves,

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

14 Therefore shall flight, perish, from the swift, and, the mighty, shall not invigorate his strength, —nor shall, the hero, escape with 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 Nor, he that handleth the bow, make a stand, and, the swift on his feet, shall not escape, —nor, he that rideth on a horse, escape with 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 Nay, he that is stout in his heart, among heroes, naked, shall flee, in that day, Declareth Yahweh.

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