Amos 2

2The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Moab ^j

for three crimes, even four,

because he burned the bones

of the king of Edom to lime. ^k

²Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,

and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. ^l

Moab will die with a tumult, ^m

with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.

³I will cut off the judge ⁿfrom the land

and kill all its officials ^owith him.

The Lord has spoken.

Judgment on Judah

⁴The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Judah ^p

for three crimes, even four,

because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord ^q

and have not kept His statutes. ^r

The lies ^sthat their ancestors followed ^t

have led them astray.

⁵Therefore, I will send fire ^uagainst Judah,

and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

Judgment on Israel

⁶The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel ^v

for three crimes, even four,

because they sell a righteous person for silver

and a needy person for a pair of sandals. ^w

⁷They trample the heads of the poor ^x

on the dust of the ground

and block the path of the needy. ^y

A man and his father have sexual relations

with the same girl, ^z

profaning My holy name. ^a

⁸They stretch out beside every altar ^b

on garments taken as collateral, ^c

and in the house of their God,

they drink wine obtained through fines. ^d

⁹Yet I destroyed the Amorite ^eas Israel advanced;

his height ^fwas like the cedars,

and he was as sturdy as the oaks;

I destroyed his fruit ^gabove and his roots beneath.

¹⁰And I brought you from the land of Egypt ^h

and led you 40 years in the wilderness ⁱ

in order to possess the land of the Amorite. ^j

¹¹I raised up some of your sons as prophets ^k

and some of your young men as Nazirites. ^l

Is this not the case, Israelites?

This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹²But you made the Nazirites drink wine

and commanded the prophets,

“Do not prophesy.” ^m

¹³Look, I am about to crush ⁿyou in your place ^o

as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain.

¹⁴Escape will fail the swift, ^p

the strong one will not prevail by his strength, ^q

and the brave will not save his life.

¹⁵The archer will not stand his ground, ^r

the one who is swift of foot

will not save himself,

and the one riding a horse will not save his life. ^s

¹⁶Even the most courageous of the warriors

will flee naked on that day ^t—

this is the Lord’s declaration.