Amos 2
2
1This is what the Lord says:
‘For three sins of Moab,
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes
the bones of Edom’s king,
2I will send fire on Moab
that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.#2:2 Or of her cities
Moab will go down in great tumult
amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.
3I will destroy her ruler
and kill all her officials with him,’
says the Lord.
4This is what the Lord says:
‘For three sins of Judah,
even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord
and have not kept his decrees,
because they have been led astray by false gods,#2:4 Or by lies
the gods#2:4 Or lies their ancestors followed,
5I will send fire on Judah
that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.’
Judgment on Israel
6This is what the Lord says:
‘For three sins of Israel,
even for four, I will not relent.
They sell the innocent for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals.
7They trample on the heads of the poor
as on the dust of the ground
and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
and so profane my holy name.
8They lie down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge.
In the house of their god
they drink wine taken as fines.
9‘Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,
though they were tall as the cedars
and strong as the oaks.
I destroyed their fruit above
and their roots below.
10I brought you up out of Egypt
and led you for forty years in the wilderness
to give you the land of the Amorites.
11‘I also raised up prophets from among your children
and Nazirites from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?’
declares the Lord.
12‘But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13‘Now then, I will crush you
as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
14The swift will not escape,
the strong will not muster their strength,
and the warrior will not save his life.
15The archer will not stand his ground,
the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
and the horseman will not save his life.
16Even the bravest warriors
will flee naked on that day,’
declares the Lord.
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Amos 2
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1This is what the Lord says: The people of Moab have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they desecrated the bones of the king of Edom by burning them, turning them into lime.#2:1. Some have thought that they then used this lime to plaster their homes. The main point is that they deliberately desecrated the remains. 2So I will send down fire on Moab, and I will burn up the fortresses of Kerioth, and the people of Moab will die in the midst of uproar, battle cries, and the sound of the trumpet. 3I will cut down their king and all their princes with him, says the Lord.
4This is what the Lord says: The people of Judah have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his commands. Their lies have led them astray, the same lies that their forefathers followed. 5So I will send down fire on Judah, and I will burn up the fortresses of Jerusalem.
6This is what the Lord says: The people of Israel have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they sell good people for silver, and poor people for a pair of sandals. 7They trample the heads of the poor into the dust, and push the needy out of the way. A man and his father have sex with the same servant girl so that my holy name is profaned. 8At every altar they stretch themselves out in clothes taken from debtors as collateral, in the temple of their god they drink wine taken from the people they fined.
9Yet it was I who was the one who destroyed the Amorites before you,#2:9. “Before you”: or “for your sake.” even though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed them root and branch.
10It was I who brought you out of the land of Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years so that you could take the Amorites' land.
11I appointed some of your sons to be prophets, and some of your young men to be Nazirites.#2:11. Nazirites: men who took special vows of service for God, and who were not allowed to drink wine or cut their hair. Isn't this true, people of Israel? 12But you made the Nazirites sin by drinking wine, and you told the prophets, “Don't tell us what God says.”#2:12. “Don't tell us what God says”: literally, “You shall not prophesy.”
13Now see what I am going to do. I will crush you where you are, as if crushed by a heavy cart loaded down with sheaves of grain. 14Not even your fastest runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength. Even the greatest warrior will not be able to save his life. 15The archer will not stand his ground. The quickest on his feet will not be able to get away, and even those on horseback will not save themselves. 16On that day even the bravest of the mighty warriors will run away naked, says the Lord.
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