Amos 2

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

² So I will send fire on Moab,
and it will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.
Moab will die amid tumult,
with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.

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

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

⁵ So I will send fire on Judah,
and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem."

⁶ Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they sell 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 push the afflicted out of the way.
A man and his father go to the same girl,
profaning my holy name.

⁸ They stretch out beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge,
and in the house of their god
they drink wine taken as fines.

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

¹⁰ And it was I who brought you up from 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 as prophets
and some of your young men as Nazirites.
Is this not so, O people of Israel?"
declares the LORD.

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

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

¹⁴ Flight will perish from the swift;
the strong will not muster his strength;
the warrior will not save his life.

¹⁵ The one who handles the bow will not stand;
the swift of foot will not escape;
the one who rides the horse will not save his life.

¹⁶ The bravest among the warriors
will flee naked on that day,"
declares the LORD.