Amos 2New King James Version
Judgment on Israel
2 Thus says theLord:
(A)“For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,
I will not turn away itspunishment,
Because he(B)burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab,
And it shall devour the palaces of(C)Kerioth;
Moab shall die with tumult,
With shoutingandtrumpet sound.
3 And I will cut off(D)the judge from its midst,
And slay all its princes with him,”
Says theLord.
Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says theLord:
“For three transgressions of(E)Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away itspunishment,
(F)Because they have despised the law of theLord,
And have not kept His commandments.
(G)Their lies lead them astray,
Lies(H)which their fathers followed.
5 (I)But I will send a fire upon Judah,
And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says theLord:
“For three transgressions of(J)Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away itspunishment,
Because(K)they sell the righteous for silver,
And the(L)poor for a pair of sandals.
7 They[a]pant after the dust of the earthwhich ison the head of the poor,
And(M)pervert the way of the humble.
(N)A man and his father go in to thesamegirl,
(O)To defile My holy name.
8 They lie down(P)by every altar on clothes(Q)taken in pledge,
And drink the wine of[b]the condemnedinthe house of their god.
9 “Yetit wasIwhodestroyed the(R)Amorite before them,
Whose heightwaslike the(S)height of the cedars,
And hewas asstrong as the oaks;
Yet I(T)destroyed his fruit above
And his roots beneath.
10 Alsoit was(U)Iwhobrought you up from the land of Egypt,
And(V)led you forty years through the wilderness,
To possess the land of the Amorite.
11 I raised up some of your sons as(W)prophets,
And some of your young men as(X)Nazirites.
Is itnot so, O you children of Israel?”
Says theLord.
12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
And commanded the prophets(Y)saying,
‘Do not prophesy!’
13 “Behold,(Z)I am[c]weighed down by you,
As a cart full of sheaves[d]is weighed down.
14 (AA)Therefore[e]flight shall perish from the swift,
The strong shall not strengthen his power,
(AB)Nor shall the mighty[f]deliver himself;
15 He shall not stand who handles the bow,
The swift of foot shall not[g]escape,
Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
16 The most[h]courageous men of might
Shall flee naked in that day,”
Says theLord.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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