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Revised
Standard Version of the Holy Bible
Amos
Chapter 2 (Revised Standard Version)
Amos 2
1 Thus says the LORD "For three transgressions of Moab, and
for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because he burned to lime the
bones of the king of Edom.
2 So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the
strongholds of Ker'ioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and
the sound of the trumpet;
3 I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will slay all its
princes 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 have rejected
the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have
led them astray, after which their fathers walked.
5 So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the
strongholds 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 shoes --
7 they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth,
and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the
same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned;
8 they lay themselves down beside every altar upon garments taken in
pledge; and 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 of the cedars, and who was as strong as the oaks; I
destroyed his fruit above, and his roots 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 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your
young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?"
says the LORD.
12 "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the
prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'
13 "Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full
of sheaves presses down.
14 Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not
retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
15 he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of
foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his
life;
16 and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away
naked in that day," says the LORD.
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