Amos 2

¹Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke it; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

²So I will send fire into Moab, and it will devour the citadels of Kerioth; and Moab will die in the tumult, amid battle cry and the sound of the ram's horn.

³And I will cut off the judge from her midst, and all her officials I will kill with him, says the LORD.

⁴Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke it, because they rejected the instruction of the LORD, and his statutes they did not keep, and their lies led them astray, after which their fathers walked.

⁵And I will send fire against Judah, and it shall devour the citadels of Jerusalem.

⁶Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke it — because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.

⁷They trample upon the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and they pervert the way of the humble; and a man and his father go to the young woman, so as to profane my holy name.

⁸And upon garments taken in pledge they recline beside every altar, and wine of the fined they drink in the house of their God.

⁹Yet I — I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from below.

¹⁰And I — I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you in the wilderness forty years, to possess the land of the Amorite.

¹¹And I raised up some of your sons as prophets, and some of your young men as Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel? — declares the LORD.

¹²And you made the Nazirites drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy.'

¹³Behold, I myself will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.

¹⁴And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong man shall not retain his strength, and the mighty warrior shall not save his life.

¹⁵He who handles the bow shall not stand his ground, and the swift of foot shall not save himself, and the rider of the horse shall not save his life.

¹⁶And the stout of heart among the warriors shall flee naked on that day — declares the LORD.