Amos 2
“For three sins of Moab,t
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashesu
the bones of Edom’s king,
that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.a v
Moab will go down in great tumult
amid war criesw and the blast of the trumpet.x
3 I will destroy her rulery
and kill all her officials with him,”z
says the Lord.a
“For three sins of Judah,b
even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the lawc of the Lord
and have not kept his decrees,d
because they have been led astraye by false gods,b f
the godsc their ancestors followed,g
5 I will send fireh on Judah
that will consume the fortressesi of Jerusalem.j”
6 This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Israel,
even for four, I will not relent.k
They sell the innocent for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals.l
7 They trample on the heads of the poor
as on the dust of the ground
and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
and so profane my holy name.m
8 They lie down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge.n
In the house of their god
they drink wineo taken as fines.p
9 “Yet I destroyed the Amoritesq before them,
though they were tallr as the cedars
and strong as the oaks.s
I destroyed their fruit above
and their rootst below.
10 I brought you up out of Egyptu
and ledv you forty years in the wildernessw
to give you the land of the Amorites.x
11 “I also raised up prophetsy from among your children
and Naziritesz from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.a
13 “Now then, I will crush you
as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.b
14 The swift will not escape,c
the strongd will not muster their strength,
and the warrior will not save his life.e
15 The archerf will not stand his ground,
the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
and the horsemang will not save his life.h
16 Even the bravest warriorsi
will flee naked on that day,”
declares the Lord.