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Amos 2:2-4
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2 So I will start a fire in Moab that will destroy the high towers of Kerioth.[a] There will be terrible shouting and the sounds of a trumpet, and Moab will die. 3 So I will bring an end to the kings[b] of Moab, and I will kill all the leaders of Moab.” This is what the Lord said.

Punishment for Judah

4 This is what the Lord says: “I will definitely punish Judah for the many crimes they did. They refused to obey the Lord’s teachings and they did not keep his commands. Their ancestors believed lies, and those same lies caused the people of Judah to stop following God.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:2 Kerioth A city in Moab. This might be Ar, the capital city of Moab.
  2. Amos 2:3 kings Literally, “judges.”
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Amos 2:2-4
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2 I will send fire on Moab
    that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.[a](A)
Moab will go down in great tumult
    amid war cries(B) and the blast of the trumpet.(C)
3 I will destroy her ruler(D)
    and kill all her officials with him,”(E)
says the Lord.(F)

4 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Judah,(G)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law(H) of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,(I)
because they have been led astray(J) by false gods,[b](K)
    the gods[c] their ancestors followed,(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:2 Or of her cities
  2. Amos 2:4 Or by lies
  3. Amos 2:4 Or lies
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