Judgment on Judah and Israel
2 Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of (A)Moab and for four
I will not [a]revoke its punishment,
Because he (B)burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
2 “So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of (C)Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid (D)tumult,
With [b]war cries and the sound of a trumpet.
3 “I will also cut off the [c](E)judge from her midst
And slay all her (F)princes with him,” says the Lord.
4 Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of (G)Judah and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they (H)rejected the law of the Lord
And have not kept His statutes;
Their [d](I)lies also have led them astray,
Those after which their (J)fathers walked.
5 “So I will (K)send fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
6 Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of (L)Israel and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they (M)sell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 “These who [e]pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the (N)helpless
Also (O)turn aside the way of the humble;
And a (P)man and his father [f]resort to the same [g]girl
In order to profane My holy name.
8 “On garments (Q)taken as pledges they stretch out beside (R)every altar,
And in the house of their God they (S)drink the wine of those who have been fined.
9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the (T)Amorite before them,
[h]Though his (U)height was like the height of cedars
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his (V)fruit above and his root below.
10 “It was I who (W)brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And I led you in the wilderness (X)forty years
[i]That you might take possession of the land of the (Y)Amorite.
11 “Then I (Z)raised up some of your sons to be prophets
And some of your young men to be (AA)Nazirites.
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You (AB)shall not prophesy!’
13 “Behold, I am [j](AC)weighted down beneath you
As a wagon [k]is weighted down when filled with sheaves.
14 “[l](AD)Flight will perish from the swift,
And the stalwart will not strengthen his power,
Nor the (AE)mighty man save his [m]life.
15 “He who (AF)grasps the bow will not stand his ground,
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will he who rides the (AG)horse save his [n]life.
16 “Even the [o]bravest among the warriors will (AH)flee naked in that day,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Amos 2:1 Lit cause it to turn back, and so throughout the ch
- Amos 2:2 Or shouts
- Amos 2:3 Or executive officer
- Amos 2:4 Or false gods
- Amos 2:7 Or trample or, snap at the head of the helpless on the dust
- Amos 2:7 Lit go
- Amos 2:7 Possibly a harlot, or a temple prostitute
- Amos 2:9 Lit Whose height
- Amos 2:10 Lit To possess
- Amos 2:13 Or tottering
- Amos 2:13 Or totters
- Amos 2:14 Or A place of refuge
- Amos 2:14 Lit soul
- Amos 2:15 Lit soul
- Amos 2:16 Lit stout of heart
Cross references
- Amos 2:1 : Is 15:1-16:14; 25:10-12; Jer 48:1-47; Ezek 25:8-11; Zeph 2:8, 9
- Amos 2:1 : 2 Kin 3:26, 27
- Amos 2:2 : Jer 48:24, 41
- Amos 2:2 : Jer 48:45
- Amos 2:3 : Ps 2:10; 141:6; Amos 5:7, 12; 6:12
- Amos 2:3 : Job 12:21; Is 40:23
- Amos 2:4 : 2 Kin 17:19; Hos 12:2; Amos 3:2
- Amos 2:4 : Judg 2:17-20; 2 Kin 22:11-17; Jer 6:19; 8:9
- Amos 2:4 : Is 9:15, 16; 28:15; Jer 16:19; Hab 2:18
- Amos 2:4 : Jer 9:14; 16:11, 12; Ezek 20:18, 24, 30
- Amos 2:5 : Jer 17:27; 21:10; Hos 8:14
- Amos 2:6 : 2 Kin 18:11, 12
- Amos 2:6 : Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11, 12; 8:6
- Amos 2:7 : Amos 8:4; Mic 2:2, 9
- Amos 2:7 : Amos 5:12
- Amos 2:7 : Hos 4:14
- Amos 2:8 : Ex 22:26
- Amos 2:8 : Amos 3:14
- Amos 2:8 : Amos 4:1; 6:6
- Amos 2:9 : Num 21:23-25; Josh 10:12
- Amos 2:9 : Num 13:32
- Amos 2:9 : Ezek 17:9; Mal 4:1
- Amos 2:10 : Ex 12:51; 20:2; Amos 3:1; 9:7
- Amos 2:10 : Deut 2:7
- Amos 2:10 : Ex 3:8
- Amos 2:11 : Deut 18:18; Jer 7:25
- Amos 2:11 : Num 6:2, 3; Judg 13:5
- Amos 2:12 : Is 30:10; Jer 11:21; Amos 7:13, 16; Mic 2:6
- Amos 2:13 : Is 1:14
- Amos 2:14 : Is 30:16, 17
- Amos 2:14 : Ps 33:16; Jer 9:23
- Amos 2:15 : Jer 51:56; Ezek 39:3
- Amos 2:15 : Is 31:3
- Amos 2:16 : Judg 4:17