Thematic Bible
Amos 2:1 (show verse)
Thus says Yahweh: "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.
Amos 2:2 (show verse)
So I will send a fire against Moab and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Kerioth, and Moab will die amid uproar, amid war cries [and] amid the sound of a horn.
Amos 2:3 (show verse)
And I will cut off [the] ruler from its midst and I will kill all of its officials with him," says Yahweh.
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Amos 2:4 (show verse)
Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke [the punishment], because they have rejected the law of Yahweh and have not kept his rules, and their lies have led them astray, {after which their ancestors walked}!
Amos 2:5 (show verse)
So I will send a fire against Judah and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Jerusalem.
Amos 2:6 (show verse)
Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke [the punishment], because they sell the righteous for money and the poor for a pair of sandals!
Amos 2:7 (show verse)
Those who trample the heads of the powerless into the dust of the ground and turn aside the way of the destitute, a man and his father {have sexual relations with} the same girl, so that [they] profane my holy name.
Amos 2:8 (show verse)
They stretch themselves out beside every altar on clothing taken in pledge and they drink wine, bought with fines imposed, in the house of their God.
Amos 2:9 (show verse)
Yet I destroyed the Amorite {before them}, {who was as tall as} cedars and was as strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
Amos 2:10 (show verse)
And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness forty years to take possession of the land of the Amorite.
Amos 2:11 (show verse)
And I raised up some [of] your sons to [be] prophets and some [of] your young men to [be] Nazirites. Is it not so, O {people} of Israel? [This is] the declaration of Yahweh!
Amos 2:12 (show verse)
But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'
Amos 2:13 (show verse)
Look! I [am] going to press [you] down in your place just as a utility cart full of mature stalks of grain [is pressed down].
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Amos 2:14 (show verse)
Flight will perish from [the] swift and [the] strong person will not muster his strength and [the] warrior will not save his life.
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Amos 2:15 (show verse)
And [the] one who takes hold of the bow will not stand and [the one who is] swift on his feet will not save himself, nor will [the] one who rides the horse save his life.
Amos 2:16 (show verse)
Even those who are strong of heart among the mighty will flee away naked from the city on that day. [This is] the declaration of Yahweh!"
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