Amos 2

1 Thus says the Lord:

*Is. 15:1–16; Jer. 25:21; Ezek. 25:8–11; Zeph. 2:8–11"For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

Because he *2 Kin. 3:26, 27burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

2 But I will send a fire upon Moab,

And it shall devour the palaces of *Jer. 48:24, 41Kerioth;

Moab shall die with tumult,

With shouting and trumpet sound.

3 And I will cut off *Num. 24:17; Jer. 48:7the judge from its midst,

And slay all its princes with him,"

Says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

4 Thus says the Lord:

"For three transgressions of *2 Kin. 17:19; Hos. 12:2; Amos 3:2Judah, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

*Lev. 26:14Because they have despised the law of the Lord,

And have not kept His commandments.

*Is. 9:15, 16; 28:15; Jer. 16:19; Hab. 2:18Their lies lead them astray,

Lies*Jer. 9:14; 16:11, 12; Ezek. 20:13, 16, 18which their fathers followed.

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

And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem."

Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says the Lord:

"For three transgressions of *Judg. 2:17–20; 2 Kin. 17:7–18; 18:12; Ezek. 22:1–13, 23–29Israel, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

Because *Is. 29:21they sell the righteous for silver,

And the *Joel 3:3; Amos 4:1; 5:11; 8:6; Mic. 2:2; 3:3poor for a pair of sandals.

7 They pant after the dust of the earth whichis on the head of the poor,

And *Amos 5:12pervert the way of the humble.

*Lev. 18:6–8; Ezek. 22:11A man and his father go in to the same girl,

*Lev. 20:3; Ezek. 36:20–22To defile My holy name.

8 They lie down *1 Cor. 8:10by every altar on clothes *Ex. 22:26taken in pledge,

And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

9 "Yet itwas I who destroyed the *Gen. 15:16; Num. 21:25; Deut. 2:31; Josh. 10:12Amorite before them,

Whose height was like the *Ezek. 31:3height of the cedars,

And he wasas strong as the oaks;

Yet I *Is. 5:24; Ezek. 17:9; (Mal. 4:1)destroyed his fruit above

And his roots beneath.

10 Also itwas*Ex. 12:51; Amos 3:1; 9:7I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,

And *Deut. 2:7led you forty years through the wilderness,

To possess the land of the Amorite.

11 I raised up some of your sons as *Num. 12:6prophets,

And some of your young men as *Num. 6:2, 3; Judg. 13:5Nazirites.

Isit not so, O you children of Israel?"

Says the Lord.

12 "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,

And commanded the prophets *Is. 30:10; Jer. 11:21; Amos 7:13, 16; Mic. 2:6saying,

‘Do not prophesy!’

13 "Behold,*Is. 1:14 I am weighed down by you,

As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.

14 *Jer. 46:6Therefore flight shall perish from the swift,

The strong shall not strengthen his power,

*Ps. 33:16; Jer. 9:23Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;

15 He shall not stand who handles the bow,

The swift of foot shall not escape,

Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.

16 The most courageous men of might

Shall flee naked in that day,"

Says the Lord.