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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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