Amos 2

Judgment on Moab

1 # Is 15.1—16.14; 25.10-12; Jr 48.1-47; Ez 25.8-11; Zep 2.8-11. The Lord said:

I will punish Moab

for countless crimes,

and I won't change my mind.

They made lime from the bones#2.1 They … bones: They dug up the bodies of kings and made lime out of them to use as whitewash on their houses and walls.

of the king of Edom.

2Now I will send fire to destroy

the fortresses of Kerioth.#2.2 Kerioth: A leading city of Moab and a center for the worship of Chemosh, the chief god of Moab.

Battle shouts and trumpet blasts

will be heard as I destroy Moab

3with its king and leaders.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

Judgment on Judah

4The Lord said:

I will punish Judah

for countless crimes,

and I won't change my mind.

They have rejected my teachings

and refused to obey me.

They were led astray

by the same false gods

their ancestors worshiped.

5Now I will send fire on Judah

and destroy the fortresses

of Jerusalem.

Judgment on Israel

6The Lord said:

I will punish Israel

for countless crimes,

and I won't change my mind.

They sell honest people for money,

and the needy are sold

for the price of sandals.

7They smear the poor in the dirt

and push aside

those who are helpless.

My holy name is dishonored,

because fathers and sons sleep

with the same young women.

8They lie down beside altars

on clothes taken

as security for loans.

And they drink wine in my temple,

wine bought with the money

they received from fines.

9 # Dt 3.8-11. Israel, the Amorites#2.9 Amorites: This word is used for all the people who lived in Canaan at the time Israel took over the land. were there

when you entered Canaan.

They were tall as cedars

and strong as oaks.

But I wiped them out—

I destroyed their branches

and their roots.

10I had rescued you from Egypt,

and for forty years I had led you

through the desert.

Then I gave you the land

of the Amorites.

11 # Nu 6.1-8. I chose some of you

to be prophets

and others to be Nazirites.#2.11 Nazirites: People who promised the Lord that they would never drink wine or cut their hair or come in contact with a dead body.

People of Israel,

you know this is true.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

12But you commanded the prophets

not to speak their message,

and you pressured the Nazirites

into drinking wine.

13And so I will crush you,

just as a wagon full of grain

crushes the ground.#2.13 ground: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 13.

14No matter how fast you run,

you won't escape.

No matter how strong you are,

you will lose your strength

and your life.

15Even if you are an expert

with a bow and arrow,

you will retreat.

And you won't get away alive,

not even if you run fast

or ride a horse.

16You may be brave and strong,

but you will run away,

stripped naked.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

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Amos 2

Sa Moab

1Ganito#Isa. 15:1–16:14; 25:10-12; Jer. 48:1-47; Eze. 25:8-11; Zef. 2:8-11. ang sabi ni Yahweh:

“Paulit-ulit na nagkasala ang mga taga-Moab,

kaya sila'y paparusahan ko.

Sinunog nila at pinulbos ang mga buto ng hari ng Edom.

2Susunugin ko ang lupain ng Moab;

tutupukin ko ang mga tanggulan sa Keriot.

Masasawi ang mga taga-Moab sa gitna ng ingay ng labanan,

sa sigawan ng mga kawal at tunog ng mga trumpeta.

3Papatayin ko ang hari ng Moab,

gayundin ang mga pinuno sa lupaing iyon.”

Sa Juda

4Ganito ang sabi ni Yahweh:

“Paulit-ulit na nagkasala ang mga taga-Juda,

kaya sila'y paparusahan ko.

Hinamak nila ang aking mga katuruan;

nilabag nila ang aking mga kautusan.

Iniligaw sila ng mga diyus-diyosang

pinaglingkuran ng kanilang mga ninuno.

5Susunugin ko ang Juda;

tutupukin ko ang mga tanggulan ng Jerusalem.”

Ang Paghatol sa Israel

6Ganito ang sabi ni Yahweh:

“Paulit-ulit na nagkasala ang mga taga-Israel,

kaya sila'y paparusahan ko.

Dahil sa suhol, pinarusahan nila ang mga matutuwid,

at ibinentang alipin sa halagang isang pares ng sandalyas ang mga taong hindi makabayad ng utang.

7Niyuyurakan nila ang mga abâ;

ipinagtutulakan nila ang mahihirap.

Nakikipagtalik ang mag-ama sa iisang babaing alipin,

kaya't nalalapastangan ang aking banal na pangalan.

8Ginagamit nilang higaan sa tabi ng alinmang altar

ang balabal na sangla ng isang may utang.

Sa templo ng kanilang Diyos, sila'y nag-iinuman

ng alak na binili sa salaping ninakaw sa mga dukha.

9Nagawa#Deut. 3:8-11. pa nila ito sa akin matapos kong lipulin ang mga Amoreo,

na kasintangkad ng mga punong sedar at kasintigas ng punong ensina.

Pinuksa kong lahat ang mga ito alang-alang sa kanila.

10Inilabas ko kayo mula sa Egipto,

pinatnubayan sa ilang sa loob ng apatnapung taon,

at ibinigay sa inyo ang lupain ng mga Amoreo.

11Itinalaga#Bil. 6:1-8. kong propeta ang ilan sa inyong mga anak;

ginawa kong Nazareo ang iba ninyong kabataan.

Mga taga-Israel, hindi ba totoo ang aking sinasabi?

12Ngunit pinainom ninyo ng alak ang mga Nazareo,

at pinagbawalang mangaral ang mga propeta.

13Kaya ngayo'y pababagsakin ko kayo sa lupa,

gaya ng kariton na di makausad sa bigat ng dala.

14Maging ang matutuling tumakbo ay di makakatakas.

Manghihina pati na ang malalakas,

maging ang magigiting ay di rin makakaligtas;

15walang tatamaan ang mga manunudla;

di makakaligtas ang matutuling tumakbo,

di rin makakatakas ang mga nakakabayo.

16Sa araw na iyon ay magsisitakas

maging ang pinakamatatapang.”

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