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Amos 2
1Thus says Yahweh:
- “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four,
- I will not turn away its punishment;
- because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
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2but I will send a fire on Moab,
- and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth;
- and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
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3and I will cut off the judge from their midst,
- and will kill all its princes with him,”
says Yahweh.
4Thus says Yahweh:
- “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,
- I will not turn away its punishment;
- because they have rejected Yahweh’s law,
- and have not kept his statutes,
- and their lies have led them astray,
- after which their fathers walked;
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5But I will send a fire on Judah,
- and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
6Thus says Yahweh:
- “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,
- I will not turn away its punishment;
- because they have sold the righteous for silver,
- and the needy for a pair of shoes;
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7They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
- and deny justice to the oppressed;
- and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
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8and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge;
- and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
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9Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
- whose height was like the height of the cedars,
- and he was strong as the oaks;
- yet I destroyed his fruit from above,
- and his roots from beneath.
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10Also 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.
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11I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
- and some of your young men for Nazirites.
- Isn’t this true,
- you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.
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12“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
- and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’
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13Behold, I will crush you in your place,
- as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
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14Flight will perish from the swift;
- and the strong won’t strengthen his force;
- neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
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15neither shall he stand who handles the bow;
- and he who is swift of foot won’t escape;
- neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
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16and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,”
says Yahweh.
