Amos 2:6-16 - Judgment On Israel

⁶ This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because they sold the righteous for money, and the poor for sandals, ⁷ moving quickly to rub the face of the needy in the dirt. Corrupting the ways of the humble, a man and his father go to the same woman, deliberately defiling my holy name. ⁸ They lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods.

⁹ Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath. ¹⁰ Furthermore, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, leading you in the wilderness for 40 years, to take possession of the land of the Amorites. ¹¹ I also raised up your sons to be prophets, and from your young men I raised up Nazirites. Is this not true, people of Israel?" declares the LORD.

¹² "But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine, and commanded the prophets, "You are not to prophesy!' ¹³ "Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain! ¹⁴ So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life. ¹⁵ The skilled archer will not be able to stand, the swift runner will not survive, and the mounted rider will not preserve his own life. ¹⁶ Even the bravest of elite troops will run away naked at that time," declares the LORD.