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amos 2
1 - The LORD says:"For three transgressions of Moab, yes, 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 on Moab,and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth;and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
3 - and I will cut off the judge from among them,and will kill all its princes with him,"says The LORD.
4 - The LORD says:"For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because they have rejected The LORD's law,and have not kept his statutes,and their lies have led them astray,after which their fathers walked;
5 - But I will send a fire on Judah,and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
6 - The LORD says:"For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because they have sold the righteous for silver,and the needy for a pair of shoes;
7 - They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,and deny justice to the oppressed;and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
8 - and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge;and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
9 - Yet I destroyed 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.
10 - Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,and led you forty years in the wilderness,to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 - I raised up some of your sons for prophets,and some of your young men for Nazirites.Isn't this true,you children of Israel?" says The LORD.
12 - "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'
13 - Behold , I will crush you in your place,as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
14 - Flight will perish from the swift;and the strong won't strengthen his force;neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
15 - neither shall he stand who handles the bow;and he who is swift of foot won't escape;neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
16 - and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,"says The LORD.
