Judgment on Moab
2 This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of (A)Moab, and for four,
I will not revoke 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 the (D)panic of battle,
Amid war cries and the sound of a trumpet.
3 I will also eliminate the (E)judge from her midst
And slay all her (F)leaders with him,” says the Lord.
Judgment on Judah
4 This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of (G)Judah, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they (H)rejected the Law of the Lord
And have not kept His statutes;
Their (I)lies also have led them astray,
Those which their (J)fathers followed.
5 So I will (K)send fire upon Judah,
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
Judgment on Israel
6 This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of (L)Israel, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they (M)sell the righteous for money,
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 These who trample the head of the (N)helpless to the dust of the earth
Also (O)divert the way of the humble;
And a (P)man and his father resort to the same girl
So as to profane My holy name.
8 And on garments (Q)seized 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,
Though his (U)height was like the height of cedars
And he was as strong as the oaks;
I also destroyed his (V)fruit above and his roots below.
10 And it was I who (W)brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And led you in the wilderness for (X)forty years
So 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 young men to be (AA)Nazirites.
Is this not so, you sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You (AB)shall not prophesy!’
13 Behold, I am (AC)making a rut in the ground beneath you,
Just as a wagon makes a rut when filled with sheaves.
14 (AD)Refuge will be lost from the swift,
And the strong will not strengthen his power,
Nor the (AE)warrior save his life.
15 The one who (AF)grasps the bow will not stand his ground,
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will the one who rides the (AG)horse save his life.
16 Even the bravest among the warriors will (AH)flee naked on that day,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Amos 2:1
- Amos 2:3
- Amos 2:4
- Amos 2:6
- Amos 2:7
- Amos 2:7
- Amos 2:7
- Amos 2:9
- Amos 2:14
- Amos 2:15
- Amos 2:16
Cross references
- Amos 2:1 : Is 15:1-16:14; 25:10-12; Jer 48:1-47; Ezek 25:8-11; Zeph 2:8, 9
- Amos 2:1 : 2 Kin 3:26, 27
- Amos 2:2 : Jer 48:24, 41
- Amos 2:2 : Jer 48:45
- Amos 2:3 : Ps 2:10; 141:6; Amos 5:7, 12; 6:12
- Amos 2:3 : Job 12:21; Is 40:23
- Amos 2:4 : 2 Kin 17:19; Hos 12:2; Amos 3:2
- Amos 2:4 : Judg 2:17-20; 2 Kin 22:11-17; Jer 6:19; 8:9
- Amos 2:4 : Is 9:15, 16; 28:15; Jer 16:19; Hab 2:18
- Amos 2:4 : Jer 9:14; 16:11, 12; Ezek 20:18, 24, 30
- Amos 2:5 : Jer 17:27; 21:10; Hos 8:14
- Amos 2:6 : 2 Kin 18:11, 12
- Amos 2:6 : Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11, 12; 8:6
- Amos 2:7 : Amos 8:4; Mic 2:2, 9
- Amos 2:7 : Amos 5:12
- Amos 2:7 : Hos 4:14
- Amos 2:8 : Ex 22:26
- Amos 2:8 : Amos 3:14
- Amos 2:8 : Amos 4:1; 6:6
- Amos 2:9 : Num 21:23-25; Josh 10:12
- Amos 2:9 : Num 13:32
- Amos 2:9 : Ezek 17:9; Mal 4:1
- Amos 2:10 : Ex 12:51; 20:2; Amos 3:1; 9:7
- Amos 2:10 : Deut 2:7
- Amos 2:10 : Ex 3:8
- Amos 2:11 : Deut 18:18; Jer 7:25
- Amos 2:11 : Num 6:2, 3; Judg 13:5
- Amos 2:12 : Is 30:10; Jer 11:21; Amos 7:13, 16; Mic 2:6
- Amos 2:13 : Is 1:14
- Amos 2:14 : Is 30:16, 17
- Amos 2:14 : Ps 33:16; Jer 9:23
- Amos 2:15 : Jer 51:56; Ezek 39:3
- Amos 2:15 : Is 31:3
- Amos 2:16 : Judg 4:17
