Amos 2

Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel

^{verse 1}This is what the LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Moab, even four,

I will not revoke My judgment,^a

because he burned to lime

the bones of Edom’s king.

^{verse 2}So I will send fire against Moab

to consume the citadels of Kerioth.

Moab will die in tumult,

amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

^{verse 3}I will cut off the ruler of Moab

and kill all the officials with him,”

says the LORD.

^{verse 4}This is what the LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Judah, even four,

I will not revoke My judgment,

because they reject the Law of the LORD

and fail to keep His statutes;

they are led astray by the lies

in which their fathers walked.

^{verse 5}So I will send fire upon Judah

to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

^{verse 6}This is what the LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Israel, even four,

I will not revoke My judgment,

because they sell the righteous for silver

and the needy for a pair of sandals.

^{verse 7}They trample on the heads of the poor

as on the dust of the earth;

they push the needy out of their way.

A man and his father

have relations with the same girl

and so profane My holy name.

^{verse 8}They lie down beside every altar

on garments taken in pledge.

And in the house of their God,^b

they drink wine obtained through fines.^c

^{verse 9}Yet it was I who destroyed

the Amorite before them,

though his height was like that of the cedars,

and he was as strong as the oaks.

Yet I destroyed his fruit above

and his roots below.

^{verse 10}And I brought you up from the land of Egypt

and led you forty years in the wilderness,

that you might take possession

of the land of the Amorite.

^{verse 11}I raised up prophets from your sons

and Nazirites from your young men.

Is this not true,

O children of Israel?”

declares the LORD.

^{verse 12}“But you made the Nazirites drink wine

and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

^{verse 13}Behold, I am about to crush you in your place

as with a cart full of grain.

^{verse 14}Escape will fail the swift,

the strong will not prevail by his strength,

and the mighty will not save his life.

^{verse 15}The archer will not stand his ground,

the fleet of foot will not escape,

and the horseman will not save his life.

^{verse 16}Even the bravest of mighty men

will flee naked on that day,”

declares the LORD.