| 2 | Amos | ||
| 1 | Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom. | Judgement on Moab. Am.2.1-3 | |
| 2 | So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet; | ||
| 3 | I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him," says Yahweh. | ||
| 4 | Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have rejected the law of Yahweh, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked. | Judgement on Judah. Am.2.4-5 | |
| 5 | So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem." | ||
| 6 | Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom. | God's judgement on Israel. Am.2.6-3.2 | |
| 7 | they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned; | ||
| 8 | they lay themselves down beside every altar upon garments 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 Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above, and his 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 Amorite. | ||
| 11 | And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?" says Yahweh. | ||
| 12 | "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.' | ||
| 13 | "Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down. | ||
| 14 | Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life; | ||
| 15 | he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his life; | ||
| 16 | and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day," says Yahweh. | ||
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