Amos 2
Berean Standard Bible · Compare translations · 762 BC – 753 BC · Divided kingdom · Tap a verse to copy, share or highlight ·
16 verses · 410 words · ~2 min read · ~3 min listen
Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel
1This is what the Lord says:
“For three transgressions of Moab, even four,
I will not revoke My judgment,
because he burned to lime
the bones of Edomʼs king.
2So I will send fire against Moab
to consume the citadels of Kerioth.
Moab will die in tumult,
amid war cries and the sound of the ramʼs horn.
3I will cut off the ruler of Moab
and kill all the officials with him,”
says the Lord.
4This is what the Lord says:
“For three transgressions of Judah, even four,
I will not revoke My judgment,
because they reject the Law of the Lord
and fail to keep His statutes;
they are led astray by the lies
in which their fathers walked.
5So I will send fire upon Judah
to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
6This is what the Lord says:
“For three transgressions of Israel, even four,
I will not revoke My judgment,
because they sell the righteous for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals.
7They trample on the heads of the poor
as on the dust of the earth;
they push the needy out of their way.
A man and his father
have relations with the same girl
and so profane My holy name.
8They lie down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge.
And in the house of their God,
they drink wine obtained through fines.
9Yet it was I who destroyed
the Amorite before them,
though his height was like that of the cedars,
and he was as strong as the oaks.
Yet I destroyed his fruit above
and his roots below.
10And I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and led you forty years in the wilderness,
that you might take possession
of the land of the Amorite.
11I raised up prophets from your sons
and Nazirites from your young men.
Is this not true,
O children of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13Behold, I am about to crush you in your place
as with a cart full of grain.
14Escape will fail the swift,
the strong will not prevail by his strength,
and the mighty will not save his life.
15The archer will not stand his ground,
the fleet of foot will not escape,
and the horseman will not save his life.
16Even the bravest of mighty men
will flee naked on that day,”
declares the Lord.
Footnotes (3)
- a v1 Or I will not revoke the punishment; Hebrew I will not revoke it; also in verses 4 and 6
- b v8 Or of their gods
- c v8 Or they drink the wine of those who have been fined