Amos 2

1 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.

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because he had the bones of the king of Edom burned to dust.

2 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.

And I will send a fire on Moab, burning up the great houses of Kerioth: and death will come on Moab with noise and outcries and the sound of the horn:

3 I will destroy the judge in her, and I will kill all the princes with him,” says Yahweh.

And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.

4 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.

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given up the law of the Lord, and have not kept his rules; and their false ways, in which their fathers went, have made them go out of the right way.

5 I will send fire on Judah, and it will devour the fortresses of Jerusalem.”

And I will send a fire on Judah, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem.

6 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.

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given the upright man for silver, and the poor for the price of two shoes;

7 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.

Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:

8 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.

By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.

9 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.

Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.

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 took you up out of the land of Egypt, guiding you for forty years in the waste land, so that you might take for your heritage the land of the Amorite.

11 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.

And some of your sons I made prophets, and some of your young men I made separate for myself. Is it not even so, O children of Israel? says the Lord.

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

But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.

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

See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.

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

And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:

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

And the bowman will not keep his place; he who is quick-footed will not get away safely: and the horseman will not keep his life.

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

And he who is without fear among the fighting men will go in flight without his clothing in that day, says the Lord.