Amo2:1 Thus says the LORD: '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.
Amo2:2 So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ker'ioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
Amo2:3 I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him,' says the LORD.
Amo2:4 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked.
Amo2:5 So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.'
Amo2:6 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes --
Amo2:7 they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted;a man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned;
Amo2:8 they lay themselves down beside every altar upon garments taken in pledge;and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
Amo2:9 'Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and who was as strong as the oaks;I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.
Amo2:10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
Amo2:11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?' says the LORD.
Amo2:12 'But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, You shall not prophesy.'
Amo2:13 'Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
Amo2:14 Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
Amo2:15 he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
Amo2:16 and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day,' says the LORD.