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Amos 2  Legacy Standard Bible

2 Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of (A)Moab and for four
I will not turn back its punishment
Because he (B)burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
2 So I will send fire upon Moab,
And it will consume the citadels of (C)Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid great (D)rumbling,
Amid a loud shout and the sound of a trumpet.
3 I will also cut off the [a](E)judge from her midst
And kill all her (F)princes with him,” says Yahweh.

Punishment of Judah and Israel

4 Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of (G)Judah and for four
I will not turn back its punishment
Because they (H)rejected the law of Yahweh
And have not kept His statutes;
Their [b](I)falsehood also has led them astray,
That which their (J)fathers walked after.
5 So I will (K)send fire upon Judah,
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

6 Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of (L)Israel and for four
I will not turn back its punishment
Because they (M)sell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 These who [c]pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the (N)poor
Also (O)turn aside the way of the humble;
And a (P)man and his father go to the same [d]young woman
In order to profane My holy name.
8 On garments (Q)taken as pledges they stretch out beside (R)every altar,
And in the house of their God they (S)drink the wine of those who have been fined.

9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the (T)Amorite before them,
[e]Though his (U)height was like the height of cedars,
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his (V)fruit above and his root below.
10 And it was I who (W)brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And I led you in the wilderness (X)forty years
[f]That you might take possession of the land of the (Y)Amorite.
11 Then I (Z)raised up some of your sons to be prophets
And some of your choice men to be (AA)Nazirites.
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You (AB)shall not prophesy!’
13 Behold, I am [g](AC)weighted down beneath you
As a wagon [h]is weighted down when filled with sheaves.
14 (AD)So [i]flight will perish from the swift,
And the strong will not instill his power with courage,
Nor will the (AE)mighty man make his [j]life escape.
15 He who (AF)grasps the bow will not stand his ground,
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will he who rides the (AG)horse make his [k]life escape.
16 Even the [l]most courageous of heart among the mighty men will (AH)flee naked in that day,” declares Yahweh.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:3 Or executive officer
  2. Amos 2:4 Or false gods
  3. Amos 2:7 Or trample upon the head of the helpless on the dust
  4. Amos 2:7 Possibly a harlot or a temple prostitute
  5. Amos 2:9 Lit Whose height
  6. Amos 2:10 Lit To possess
  7. Amos 2:13 Or tottering
  8. Amos 2:13 Or totters
  9. Amos 2:14 Or a place of refuge
  10. Amos 2:14 Lit soul
  11. Amos 2:15 Lit soul
  12. Amos 2:16 Lit stout of heart

Cross references

  1. Amos 2:1 : Is 15:1-16:14; 25:10-12; Jer 48:1-47; Ezek 25:8-11; Zeph 2:8, 9
  2. Amos 2:1 : 2 Kin 3:26, 27
  3. Amos 2:2 : Jer 48:24, 41
  4. Amos 2:2 : Jer 48:45
  5. Amos 2:3 : Ps 2:10; 141:6; Amos 5:7, 12; 6:12
  6. Amos 2:3 : Job 12:21; Is 40:23
  7. Amos 2:4 : 2 Kin 17:19; Hos 12:2; Amos 3:2
  8. Amos 2:4 : Judg 2:17-20; 2 Kin 22:11-17; Jer 6:19; 8:9
  9. Amos 2:4 : Is 9:15, 16; 28:15; Jer 16:19; Hab 2:18
  10. Amos 2:4 : Jer 9:14; 16:11, 12; Ezek 20:18, 24, 30
  11. Amos 2:5 : Jer 17:27; 21:10; Hos 8:14
  12. Amos 2:6 : 2 Kin 18:11, 12
  13. Amos 2:6 : Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11, 12; 8:6
  14. Amos 2:7 : Amos 8:4; Mic 2:2, 9
  15. Amos 2:7 : Amos 5:12
  16. Amos 2:7 : Hos 4:14
  17. Amos 2:8 : Ex 22:26
  18. Amos 2:8 : Amos 3:14
  19. Amos 2:8 : Amos 4:1; 6:6
  20. Amos 2:9 : Num 21:23-25; Josh 10:12
  21. Amos 2:9 : Num 13:32
  22. Amos 2:9 : Ezek 17:9; Mal 4:1
  23. Amos 2:10 : Ex 12:51; 20:2; Amos 3:1; 9:7
  24. Amos 2:10 : Deut 2:7
  25. Amos 2:10 : Ex 3:8
  26. Amos 2:11 : Deut 18:18; Jer 7:25
  27. Amos 2:11 : Num 6:2, 3; Judg 13:5
  28. Amos 2:12 : Is 30:10; Jer 11:21; Amos 7:13, 16; Mic 2:6
  29. Amos 2:13 : Is 1:14
  30. Amos 2:14 : Is 30:16, 17
  31. Amos 2:14 : Ps 33:16; Jer 9:23
  32. Amos 2:15 : Jer 51:56; Ezek 39:3
  33. Amos 2:15 : Is 31:3
  34. Amos 2:16 : Judg 4:17
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