Amos 2

1 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Moab  * 2:1 Is 15–16; Jr 48; Ezk 25:8–11

for three crimes, even four,

because he burned the bones

of the king of Edom to lime.  * 2:1 Lv 20:14; 21:9

2 Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,

and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.  * 2:2 Jr 48:24,41

Moab will die with a tumult,  * 2:2 Jr 48:45

with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.

3 I will cut off the judge  * 2:3 Ps 2:10; 141:6 from the land

and kill all its officials  * 2:3 Jb 12:21; Is 40:23 with him.

The Lord has spoken.

Judgment on Judah

4 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Judah  * 2:4 2Kg 17:19; Hs 2:12; Am 3:2

for three crimes, even four,

because they have rejected the instruction of the  Lord* 2:4 Jdg 2:17–20; 2Kg 22:11–17; Jr 6:19; 8:9

and have not kept his statutes.  * 2:4 Jr 44:10; Ezk 5:7

The lies  * 2:4 Is 9:15–16; Jr 11:10–13; 23:14,21–22 that their ancestors followed  * 2:4 Jr 9:14; 16:11–12; Ezk 20:18,24,30

have led them astray.

5 Therefore, I will send fire  * 2:5 Jr 17:27; 21:10 against Judah,

and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

Judgment on Israel

6 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel  * 2:6 2Kg 18:12

for three crimes, even four,

because they sell a righteous person for silver

and a needy person for a pair of sandals.  * 2:6 Dt 16:18–20; Am 5:12; 8:6

7 They trample the heads of the poor  * 2:7 Am 5:11; 8:4; Mc 2:2,9

on the dust of the ground

and obstruct the path of the needy.  * 2:7 Jb 24:4

A man and his father have sexual relations

with the same girl,  * 2:7 Hs 4:14

profaning my holy name.  * 2:7 Lv 18:21; Pr 30:9; Ezk 36:20–23

8 They stretch out beside every altar  * 2:8 Am 3:14

on garments taken as collateral,  * 2:8 Ex 22:26

and in the house of their God

they drink wine obtained through fines.  * 2:8 Am 4:1; 6:6

9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite  * 2:9 Jos 10:12 as Israel advanced;

his height  * 2:9 Nm 13:28–33 was like the cedars,

and he was as sturdy as the oaks;

I destroyed his fruit  * 2:9 Ezk 17:9; Mal 4:1 above and his roots beneath.

10 And I brought you from the land of Egypt  * 2:10 Ex 20:2; Am 3:1; 9:7

and led you forty years in the wilderness  * 2:10 Dt 2:7

in order to possess the land of the Amorite.  * 2:10 Nm 21:25

11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets  * 2:11 Dt 18:18–19; Jr 1:4–5; Am 7:14–15

and some of your young men as Nazirites.  * 2:11 Nm 6:1–21; Jdg 13:2–5; 1Sm 1:11

Is this not the case, Israelites?

This is the  Lord’s declaration.

12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine

and commanded the prophets,

"Do not prophesy."  * 2:12 Jr 11:21; Am 7:13,16

13 Look, I am about to crush  * 2:13 Or hinder; Hb obscure  you in your place  * 2:13 Jl 3:13

as a wagon crushes when full of grain.

14 Escape will fail the swift,  * 2:14 Is 30:16–17

the strong one will not maintain his strength,  * 2:14 Jr 9:23

and the warrior will not save his life.

15 The archer will not stand his ground,  * 2:15 Jr 51:56; Ezk 39:3

the one who is swift of foot

will not save himself,

and the one riding a horse will not save his life.  * 2:15 Is 31:3

16 Even the most courageous of the warriors

will flee naked on that day  * 2:16 Jdg 4:17  —

this is the  Lord’s declaration.