Amos 2

1 Thus says the Lord:

*[See ch. 1:3above] "For three transgressions of *Zeph. 2:8,9;See Isa. 15Moab,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,*2:1 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6

because *[See ch. 1:3above] he burned to lime

the bones of the king of Edom.

2 So I will send a fire upon Moab,

and it shall devour the strongholds of *Jer. 48:24,41Kerioth,

and Moab shall die amid uproar,

amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;

3 *[Jer. 48:7]I will cut off the ruler from its midst,

and will kill *[Jer. 48:7]all its princes*2:3 Or officials with him,"

says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

4 Thus says the Lord:

*See ch. 1:3"For three transgressions of Judah,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because *Lev. 26:14,15;Neh. 1:7;Ezek. 20:13,16,24;[Dan. 9:11] they have rejected the law of the Lord,

and have not kept his statutes,

but *Jer. 16:19,20;Rom. 1:25their lies have led them astray,

those after which their fathers walked.

5 So *Jer. 17:27;Hos. 8:14I will send a fire upon Judah,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."

Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says the Lord:

*[See ver. 4above] "For three transgressions of Israel,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because *[Lev. 25:39;2 Kgs. 4:1] they sell the righteous for *ch. 8:6silver,

and the needy for a pair of sandals—

7 those who trample the head of the poor *Lam. 2:10into the dust of the earth

and *ch. 5:12;Job 24:4;Isa. 10:2turn aside the way of the afflicted;

*[1 Cor. 5:1]; See Ezek. 22:11a man and his father go in to the same girl,

so that my holy name is profaned;

8 they lay themselves down beside every altar

on garments *See Ex. 22:26taken in pledge,

and in the house of their God they drink

the wine of those who have been fined.

9 "Yet *Deut. 2:31;Josh. 24:8;See Num. 21:21-25it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,

*[Num. 13:32,33;Isa. 10:33] whose height was like the height of the cedars

and who was as strong as the oaks;

*[Job 18:16]I destroyed his fruit above

and his roots beneath.

10 *ch. 3:1;Ex. 12:17,51Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt

*See Deut. 8:2and led you forty years in the wilderness,

*[See ver. 9above]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 *Num. 6:2Nazirites.

Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?"

declares the Lord.

12 "But you made the Nazirites *[Num. 6:3] drink wine,

and commanded the prophets,

saying, *ch. 7:13,16;Isa. 30:10;Mic. 2:6‘You shall not prophesy.’

13 "Behold, I will press you down in your place,

as a cart full of sheaves presses down.

14 *[ch. 9:1;Eccles. 9:11] Flight shall perish from the swift,

*[ch. 9:1;Eccles. 9:11] and the strong shall not retain his strength,

*[Ps. 33:16]nor shall the mighty save his life;

15 he who handles the bow shall not stand,

and he who is *[2 Sam. 2:18] swift of foot shall not save himself,

*[Ps. 33:17]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,"

declares the Lord.