The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Amos 02
1 Yahweh says: “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;
2 but 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;
3 and I will cut off the judge from among
them, and will kill all its princes with him,”
says Yahweh.
4 Yahweh says: “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;
5 but I will send a fire on Judah,
and it will devour the palaces of
Jerusalem.”
6 Yahweh says: “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 sandals;
7 They trample the heads of the poor
into the dust of the earth
and deny justice to the oppressed.
A man and his father use the same maiden,
to profane my holy name.
8 They lay themselves down beside every
altar on clothes taken in pledge.
In the house of their God† they drink
the wine of those who have been
fined.
9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height ofthe
cedars, and he was strong as the oaks;
yet I destroyed his fruit from above,
and his roots from beneath.
10 Also 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.
11 I 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.
12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to
drink, and commanded the prophets, saying,
‘Don’t prophesy!’
13 Behold,‡ I will crush you in your place,
as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
14 Flight will perish from the swift.
The strong won’t strengthen his force.
The mighty won’t deliver himself.
15 He who handles the bow won’t stand.
He who is swift of foot won’t escape.
He who rides the horse won’t deliver
himself.
16 He who is courageous among the mighty
will flee away naked on that day,”
says Yahweh.