RSV Amos 2 Chapter
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2:1
Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.
2:2
So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ker'ioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
2:3
I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him,' says the LORD.
2:4
Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked.
2:5
So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.'
2:6
Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes --
2:7
they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted;a man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned;
2:8
they lay themselves down beside every altar upon garments taken in pledge;and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
2:9
'Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and who was as strong as the oaks;I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.
2:10
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.
2:11
And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?' says the LORD.
2:12
'But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, You shall not prophesy.'
2:13
'Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
2:14
Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
2:15
he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
2:16
and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day,' says the LORD.