Amos 2 — Legacy Standard Bible

2Thus says Yahweh, “For three transgressions of ^aMoab and for fourI will not turn back its punishmentBecause he ^bburned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

²“So I will send fire upon Moab,And it will consume the citadels of ^aKerioth;And Moab will die amid great ^brumbling,Amid a loud shout and the sound of a trumpet.³“I will also cut off the ¹^,^ajudge from her midstAnd kill all her ^bprinces with him,” says Yahweh.

Punishment of Judah and Israel

⁴Thus says Yahweh, “For three transgressions of ^aJudah and for fourI will not turn back its punishmentBecause they ^brejected the law of YahwehAnd have not kept His statutes;Their ¹^,^cfalsehood also has led them astray,That which their ^dfathers walked after.

⁵“So I will ^asend fire upon Judah,And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

⁶Thus says Yahweh, “For three transgressions of ^aIsrael and for fourI will not turn back its punishmentBecause they ^bsell the righteous for moneyAnd the needy for a pair of sandals.

⁷“These who ¹pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the ^apoorAlso ^bturn aside the way of the humble;And a ^cman and his father go to the same ²young womanIn order to profane My holy name.⁸“On garments ^ataken as pledges they stretch out beside ^bevery altar,And in the house of their God they ^cdrink the wine of those who have been fined.⁹“Yet it was I who destroyed the ^aAmorite before them,¹Though his ^bheight was like the height of cedars,And he was strong as the oaks;I even destroyed his ^cfruit above and his root below.¹⁰“And it was I who ^abrought you up from the land of Egypt,And I led you in the wilderness ^bforty years¹That you might take possession of the land of the ^cAmorite.¹¹“Then I ^araised up some of your sons to be prophetsAnd some of your choice men to be ^bNazirites.Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh.¹²“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You ^ashall not prophesy!’¹³“Behold, I am ¹^,^aweighted down beneath youAs a wagon ²is weighted down when filled with sheaves.¹⁴“^aSo ¹flight will perish from the swift,And the strong will not instill his power with courage,Nor will the ^bmighty man make his ²life escape.¹⁵“He who ^agrasps the bow will not stand his ground,The swift of foot will not escape,Nor will he who rides the ^bhorse make his ¹life escape.¹⁶“Even the ¹most courageous of heart among the mighty men will ^aflee naked in that day,” declares Yahweh.