Amos Chapter 2
1 The LORD says,
“For three sins of Moab and for four,
I won’t hold back its punishment:
they burned the king of Edom’s bones into lime.
2So I’ll burn the fortresses in Kerioth;
Moab will die amid turmoil,
war cries, and bugle blasts.
3I’ll eliminate judges from him
and slay his officials with him.”
Amos 2:1-3
God’s Judgment on Judah and Israel
4 The LORD says,
“For three sins of Judah and for four,
I won’t hold back its punishment:
he rejected the Law of the LORD
and didn’t keep his statutes.
The same lies have led them astray
that their ancestors followed.
5So I’ll send down fire on Judah
and burn the fortresses in Jerusalem.”
Amos 2:4-5
6 The LORD says,
“For three sins of Israel and for four,
I won’t hold back its punishment:
they sell the good for money,
the poor for a pair of shoes.
7They walk on the heads of the poor in the dust
and abandon those who are suffering.
A man and his father sleep with the same girl
to profane my holy name.
8They lie down beside every altar
on cloaks taken as pledges.
In God’s Temple they drink the wine
of the people they’ve fined.
Amos 2:6-8
9“Yet I was the One that destroyed the Amorites for you,
though they were as tall as cedars and strong as oaks.
I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.
10I was the One that brought you up from Egypt,
and led you in the desert for 40 years
to take over the land of the Amorites.
11 Then I raised up some of your offspring to be prophets
and some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Isn’t that so, Israel? Amos 2:9-11
12“But you made Nazirites drink wine
and told prophets not to prophesy!
13 I’ll weigh you down like a wagon
overloaded with bundles,
14The swift won’t be able to flee;
the strong will lose their strength;
the powerful won’t save their lives.
15The archers won’t stand their ground;
the swift won’t escape;
the cavalry won’t save themselves.
16 The bravest among the troops
will drop their weapons and run
when that time comes.”