Amos 2

The LORD continues His judgments against Moab and then turns to Judah and Israel. Israel is condemned for selling the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes, for oppressing the afflicted, and for profaning the LORD's holy name. God reminds them He brought them out of Egypt and raised up prophets among them — yet they silenced the prophets and corrupted the Nazarites.

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1	Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:	This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment. Because He burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime,
2	But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:	I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kirioth. Moab will die in the midst of an uproar, with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
3	And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.	I will cut off the judge from her midst, and kill all her princes with Him," says the LORD.
4	Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:	This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment. Because they have despised the law of the LORD and have not kept His commandments, and their lies caused them to err — the lies their fathers walked after —
5	But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.	I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
6	Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;	This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment. Because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes.
7	That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:	They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek. A man and his father go in to the same young woman, to profane My holy name.
8	And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.	They lay themselves down on clothes taken in pledge beside every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9	Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.	Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and who was strong as the oaks. I destroyed His fruit from above, and His roots from beneath.
10	Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.	I also brought You up from the land of Egypt, and led You forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11	And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.	I raised up some of Your sons to be prophets, and some of Your young men to be Nazarites. Is it not so, You children of Israel?" says the LORD.
12	But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.	"But You gave the Nazarites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy.'
13	Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.	I am pressed down under You, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14	Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:	Therefore flight will fail the swift, the strong will not gather His strength, and the mighty will not deliver Himself.
15	Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.	The one who handles the bow will not stand his ground. The swift of foot will not deliver Himself, and the one who rides the horse will not deliver himself.
16	And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.	The one who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says the LORD.