Amos, 2

¹ “This is what Jehovah says, ‘“For three revolts^*1 of Moʹab, and for four, I will not reverse it, Because he burned the bones of the king of Eʹdom for lime.

² So I will send a fire into Moʹab, And it will consume the fortified towers of Keʹri·oth; Moʹab will die amid an uproar, With a war cry, with the sound of a horn.

³ I will remove the ruler^*1 from her midst And kill all her princes along with him,” says Jehovah.’

⁴ This is what Jehovah says, ‘For three revolts of Judah, and for four, I will not reverse it, Because they rejected the law^*1 of Jehovah, And because they did not keep his regulations; But the same lies their forefathers followed have led them astray.

⁵ So I will send a fire into Judah, And it will consume the fortified towers of Jerusalem.’

⁶ This is what Jehovah says, ‘For three revolts of Israel, and for four, I will not reverse it, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals.

⁷ They trample the heads of the lowly into the dust of the earth, And they block the path of the meek. A man and his father have relations with the same girl, Profaning my holy name.

⁸ They stretch out next to every altar on garments they seized as security for a loan;^*1 And the wine they drink at the house^*2 of their gods was obtained from those they fined.’

⁹ ‘But it was I who annihilated the Amʹor·ite before them, Who was as tall as the cedars and as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

¹⁰ I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, And I made you walk through the wilderness 40 years, To take possession of the land of the Amʹor·ite.

¹¹ I raised up some of your sons as prophets And some of your young men as Nazʹi·rites. Is this not so, O people of Israel?’ declares Jehovah.

¹² ‘But you kept giving the Nazʹi·rites wine to drink, And you commanded the prophets: “You must not prophesy.”

¹³ So I will crush you in your place, Just as a wagon loaded with cut grain crushes what is under it.

¹⁴ The swift one will have no place to flee, The strong one will not retain his power, And no warrior will escape with his life.^*1

¹⁵ The bowman will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, And the horseman will not escape with his life.^*1

¹⁶ Even the most courageous^*1 among the warriors Will flee naked in that day,’ declares Jehovah.”