Amos 2:6-16 - Judgment On Israel

⁶ Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes. ⁷ They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of lowly (meek) persons. They reject the humble! A man and his father have sexual relations with the same maiden, to profane my holy name. ⁸ They lie down beside every altar on clothes taken from indebtedness. In the house of their God they drink the wine they have confiscated.

⁹ Before them I destroyed the Amorite. His height was like the height of the cedars. He was strong like the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath! ¹⁰ I brought you out of the land of Egypt. I led you forty years in the desert wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. ¹¹ I ordained some of your sons for prophets and some of your young men for Nazirites (dedicated ones). Is this true, O you children of Israel?: said Jehovah.

¹² But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying: 'Do Not Prophesy!' ¹³ Consider this, I will weigh you down just as a wagon is weighed down when it is full of grain. ¹⁴ Flight will perish from the swift! The strong will not increase his strength. The mighty will not save himself. ¹⁵ The archer will not stand. The swift of foot will not save himself. The horseman will not deliver himself. ¹⁶ The courageous among the mighty will run away naked in that day, said Jehovah.