Amos 2:1-16
2 “This is what Jehovah says,‘“For three revolts* of Moʹab,+ and for four, I will not reverse it,Because he burned the bones of the king of Eʹdom for lime.
2 So I will send a fire into Moʹab,And it will consume the fortified towers of Keʹri·oth;+Moʹab will die amid an uproar,With a war cry, with the sound of a horn.+
3 I will remove the ruler* from her midstAnd kill all her princes along with him,”+ says Jehovah.’
4 This is what Jehovah says,‘For three revolts of Judah,+ and for four, I will not reverse it,Because they rejected the law* of Jehovah,And because they did not keep his regulations;+But the same lies their forefathers followed have led them astray.+
5 So I will send a fire into Judah,And it will consume the fortified towers of Jerusalem.’+
6 This is what Jehovah says,‘For three revolts of Israel,+ and for four, I will not reverse it,Because they sell the righteous for silver,And the poor for a pair of sandals.+
7 They trample the heads of the lowly into the dust of the earth,+And they block the path of the meek.+
A man and his father have relations with the same girl,Profaning my holy name.
8 They stretch out next to every altar+ on garments they seized as security for a loan;*+And the wine they drink at the house* of their gods was obtained from those they fined.’
9 ‘But it was I who annihilated the Amʹor·ite before them,+Who was as tall as the cedars and as strong as the oaks;I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.+
10 I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,+And I made you walk through the wilderness 40 years,+To take possession of the land of the Amʹor·ite.
11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets+And some of your young men as Nazʹi·rites.+
Is this not so, O people of Israel?’ declares Jehovah.
12 ‘But you kept giving the Nazʹi·rites wine to drink,+And you commanded the prophets: “You must not prophesy.”+
13 So I will crush you in your place,Just as a wagon loaded with cut grain crushes what is under it.
14 The swift one will have no place to flee,+The strong one will not retain his power,And no warrior will escape with his life.*
15 The bowman will not stand his ground,The swift of foot will not escape,And the horseman will not escape with his life.*
16 Even the most courageous* among the warriorsWill flee naked in that day,’+ declares Jehovah.”
Footnotes
^ Or “crimes.”
^ Lit., “judge.”
^ Or “instruction.”
^ Or “temple.”
^ Or “a pledge.”
^ Or “soul.”
^ Or “soul.”
^ Or “those strong of heart.”