Amos 2

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Amos 2

Judgment on Judah and Israel

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1} 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.

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“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.

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“I will also cut off the ^(c)^(E)judge from her midst
And slay all her ^(F)princes with him,” says the Lord.

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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.

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“So I will ^(K)send fire upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

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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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You ^(AB)shall not prophesy!’

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“Behold, I am ^(j)^(AC)weighted down beneath you
As a wagon ^(k)is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

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“^(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.

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“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.

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“Even the ^(o)bravest among the warriors will ^(AH)flee naked in that day,” declares the Lord.

Footnotes:

a. Amos 2:1: ['Lit ', cause it to turn back, ', and so throughout the ch']

b. Amos 2:2: ['Or ', shouts]

c. Amos 2:3: ['Or ', executive officer]

d. Amos 2:4: ['Or ', false gods]

e. Amos 2:7: ['Or ', trample, ' or, ', snap at the head of the helpless on the dust]

f. Amos 2:7: ['Lit ', go]

g. Amos 2:7: ['Possibly a harlot, or a temple prostitute']

h. Amos 2:9: ['Lit ', Whose height]

i. Amos 2:10: ['Lit ', To possess]

j. Amos 2:13: ['Or ', tottering]

k. Amos 2:13: ['Or ', totters]

l. Amos 2:14: ['Or ', A place of refuge]

m. Amos 2:14: ['Lit ', soul]

n. Amos 2:15: ['Lit ', soul]

o. Amos 2:16: ['Lit ', stout of heart]

Cross references:

A. Amos 2:1: Isaiah 15:1-16; Isaiah 25:10-12; Jeremiah 48:1-47; Ezekiel 25:8-11; Zephaniah 2:8; Zephaniah 2:9

C. Amos 2:2: Jeremiah 48:24; Jeremiah 48:41

D. Amos 2:2: Jeremiah 48:45

E. Amos 2:3: Psalm 2:10; Psalm 141:6; Amos 5:7; Amos 5:12; Amos 6:12

F. Amos 2:3: Job 12:21; Isaiah 40:23

G. Amos 2:4: Hosea 12:2; Amos 3:2

H. Amos 2:4: Judges 2:17-20; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 8:9

I. Amos 2:4: Isaiah 9:15; Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 16:19; Habakkuk 2:18

J. Amos 2:4: Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 16:11; Jeremiah 16:12; Ezekiel 20:18; Ezekiel 20:24; Ezekiel 20:30

K. Amos 2:5: Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 21:10; Hosea 8:14

M. Amos 2:6: Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11; Amos 5:12; Amos 8:6

N. Amos 2:7: Amos 8:4; Micah 2:2; Micah 2:9

O. Amos 2:7: Amos 5:12

P. Amos 2:7: Hosea 4:14

Q. Amos 2:8: Exodus 22:26

R. Amos 2:8: Amos 3:14

S. Amos 2:8: Amos 4:1; Amos 6:6

T. Amos 2:9: Numbers 21:23-25; Joshua 10:12

U. Amos 2:9: Numbers 13:32

V. Amos 2:9: Ezekiel 17:9; Malachi 4:1

W. Amos 2:10: Exodus 12:51; Exodus 20:2; Amos 3:1; Amos 9:7

X. Amos 2:10: Deuteronomy 2:7

Y. Amos 2:10: Exodus 3:8

Z. Amos 2:11: Deuteronomy 18:18; Jeremiah 7:25

AA. Amos 2:11: Numbers 6:2; Numbers 6:3; Judges 13:5

AB. Amos 2:12: Isaiah 30:10; Jeremiah 11:21; Amos 7:13; Amos 7:16; Micah 2:6

AC. Amos 2:13: Isaiah 1:14

AD. Amos 2:14: Isaiah 30:16; Isaiah 30:17

AE. Amos 2:14: Psalm 33:16; Jeremiah 9:23

AF. Amos 2:15: Jeremiah 51:56; Ezekiel 39:3

AG. Amos 2:15: Isaiah 31:3

AH. Amos 2:16: Judges 4:17