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 <div class="label">2</div><div class="m"> 1The Lord says:</div><div class="q">I will not relent from&#160;punishing&#160;Moab&#160; # 2:1 Is 15&#8211;16; Jr 48; Ezk 25:8&#8211;11</div><div class="q">for three crimes, even&#160;four,</div><div class="q">because he burned the bones</div><div class="q">of the king of&#160;Edom to&#160;lime.&#160; # 2:1 Lv 20:14; 21:9</div><div class="q1"> 2Therefore, I will send fire against&#160;Moab,</div><div class="q">and it will consume the&#160;citadels of&#160;Kerioth.&#160; # 2:2 Jr 48:24,41</div><div class="q">Moab will die with&#160;a&#160;tumult,&#160; # 2:2 Jr 48:45</div><div class="q">with shouting and&#160;the&#160;sound of&#160;the&#160;ram&#8217;s&#160;horn.</div><div class="q1"> 3I will cut off the judge&#160; # 2:3 Ps 2:10; 141:6 from&#160;the&#160;land</div><div class="q">and kill all its officials&#160; # 2:3 Jb 12:21; Is 40:23 with&#160;him.</div><div class="q">The Lord has spoken.</div><div class="s1">Judgment on Judah</div><div class="m"> 4The Lord says:</div><div class="q">I will not relent from&#160;punishing&#160;Judah&#160; # 2:4 2Kg 17:19; Hs 2:12; Am 3:2</div><div class="q">for three crimes, even&#160;four,</div><div class="q">because they have rejected the&#160;instruction of&#160;the&#160; Lord &#160; # 2:4 Jdg 2:17&#8211;20; 2Kg 22:11&#8211;17; Jr 6:19; 8:9</div><div class="q">and have not kept his&#160;statutes.&#160; # 2:4 Jr 44:10; Ezk 5:7</div><div class="q">The lies&#160; # 2:4 Is 9:15&#8211;16; Jr 11:10&#8211;13; 23:14,21&#8211;22 that their&#160;ancestors&#160;followed&#160; # 2:4 Jr 9:14; 16:11&#8211;12; Ezk 20:18,24,30</div><div class="q">have led them astray.</div><div class="q1"> 5Therefore, I will send fire&#160; # 2:5 Jr 17:27; 21:10 against&#160;Judah,</div><div class="q">and it will consume the&#160;citadels of&#160;Jerusalem.</div><div class="s1">Judgment on Israel</div><div class="m"> 6The Lord says:</div><div class="q">I will not relent from&#160;punishing&#160;Israel&#160; # 2:6 2Kg 18:12</div><div class="q">for three crimes, even&#160;four,</div><div class="q">because they sell a&#160;righteous&#160;person for&#160;silver</div><div class="q">and a needy person for&#160;a&#160;pair of&#160;sandals.&#160; # 2:6 Dt 16:18&#8211;20; Am 5:12; 8:6</div><div class="q1"> 7They trample the heads of&#160;the&#160;poor&#160; # 2:7 Am 5:11; 8:4; Mc 2:2,9</div><div class="q">on the dust of&#160;the&#160;ground</div><div class="q">and obstruct the path of&#160;the&#160;needy.&#160; # 2:7 Jb 24:4</div><div class="q">A man and his father have&#160;sexual&#160;relations</div><div class="q">with the&#160;same&#160;girl,&#160; # 2:7 Hs 4:14</div><div class="q">profaning my holy name.&#160; # 2:7 Lv 18:21; Pr 30:9; Ezk 36:20&#8211;23</div><div class="q1"> 8They stretch out beside every&#160;altar&#160; # 2:8 Am 3:14</div><div class="q">on garments taken as&#160;collateral,&#160; # 2:8 Ex 22:26</div><div class="q">and in the house of&#160;their&#160;God</div><div class="q">they drink wine obtained through&#160;fines.&#160; # 2:8 Am 4:1; 6:6</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 9Yet I destroyed the Amorite&#160; # 2:9 Jos 10:12 as&#160;Israel&#160;advanced;</div><div class="q">his height&#160; # 2:9 Nm 13:28&#8211;33 was like&#160;the&#160;cedars,</div><div class="q">and he was as sturdy as&#160;the&#160;oaks;</div><div class="q">I destroyed his fruit&#160; # 2:9 Ezk 17:9; Mal 4:1 above and&#160;his&#160;roots&#160;beneath.</div><div class="q1"> 10And I brought you from&#160;the&#160;land of&#160;Egypt&#160; # 2:10 Ex 20:2; Am 3:1; 9:7</div><div class="q">and led you forty years in&#160;the&#160;wilderness&#160; # 2:10 Dt 2:7</div><div class="q">in order to possess the&#160;land of&#160;the&#160;Amorite.&#160; # 2:10 Nm 21:25</div><div class="q1"> 11I raised up some of&#160;your&#160;sons as&#160;prophets&#160; # 2:11 Dt 18:18&#8211;19; Jr 1:4&#8211;5; Am 7:14&#8211;15</div><div class="q">and some of your young men as&#160;Nazirites.&#160; # 2:11 Nm 6:1&#8211;21; Jdg 13:2&#8211;5; 1Sm 1:11</div><div class="q">Is this not the&#160;case,&#160;Israelites?</div><div class="qm">This&#160;is the&#160; Lord&#8217;s&#160;declaration.</div><div class="q1"> 12But you made the&#160;Nazirites drink&#160;wine</div><div class="q">and commanded the&#160;prophets,</div><div class="q">&#8220;Do not prophesy.&#8221;&#160; # 2:12 Jr 11:21; Am 7:13,16</div><div class="q1"> 13Look, I am about to&#160;crush&#160; # 2:13 Or hinder; Hb obscure &#160;you in&#160;your&#160;place&#160; # 2:13 Jl 3:13</div><div class="q">as a wagon crushes&#160;when full of&#160;grain.</div><div class="q1"> 14Escape will fail the&#160;swift,&#160; # 2:14 Is 30:16&#8211;17</div><div class="q">the strong one will not maintain&#160;his&#160;strength,&#160; # 2:14 Jr 9:23</div><div class="q">and the warrior will not save his&#160;life.</div><div class="q1"> 15The archer will not stand his&#160;ground,&#160; # 2:15 Jr 51:56; Ezk 39:3</div><div class="q">the one who is swift of&#160;foot</div><div class="q">will not save&#160;himself,</div><div class="q">and the one riding a&#160;horse will&#160;not save his&#160;life.&#160; # 2:15 Is 31:3</div><div class="q1"> 16Even the most courageous of&#160;the&#160;warriors</div><div class="q">will flee naked on&#160;that&#160;day&#160; # 2:16 Jdg 4:17 &#160;&#8212;</div><div class="qm">this is the&#160; Lord&#8217;s&#160;declaration.</div>
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The LORD says:
I will not relent from punishing Moab 
for three crimes, even four,
because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom to lime. 
Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. 
Moab will die with a tumult, 
with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
I will cut off the judge  from the land
and kill all its officials  with him.
The LORD has spoken.

The LORD says:
I will not relent from punishing Judah 
for three crimes, even four,
because they have rejected the instruction of the  LORD  
and have not kept his statutes. 
The lies  that their ancestors followed 
have led them astray.
Therefore, I will send fire  against Judah,
and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

The LORD says:
I will not relent from punishing Israel 
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals. 
They trample the heads of the poor 
on the dust of the ground
and obstruct the path of the needy. 
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl, 
profaning my holy name. 
They stretch out beside every altar 
on garments taken as collateral, 
and in the house of their God
they drink wine obtained through fines. 

Yet I destroyed the Amorite  as Israel advanced;
his height  was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit  above and his roots beneath.
And I brought you from the land of Egypt 
and led you forty years in the wilderness 
in order to possess the land of the Amorite. 
I raised up some of your sons as prophets 
and some of your young men as Nazirites. 
Is this not the case, Israelites?
This is the  LORD’s declaration.
But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.” 
Look, I am about to crush   you in your place 
as a wagon crushes when full of grain.
Escape will fail the swift, 
the strong one will not maintain his strength, 
and the warrior will not save his life.
The archer will not stand his ground, 
the one who is swift of foot
will not save himself,
and the one riding a horse will not save his life. 
Even the most courageous of the warriors
will flee naked on that day   —
this is the  LORD’s declaration.

Nghe Amos 2