Old Testament · Prophets

Amos chapter 2

This is what Yahweh says: For three of Moab, and for four, I will not take it back. He .So I will send fire on Moab, and it will eat the of Kerioth. Moab will die in the uproar, in the war cry, in the sound of .I will cut down from among them and kill all her officials with him, says Yahweh.This is what Yahweh says: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not take it back. They threw out of Yahweh and did not keep what he laid down, and led them off the road, the same lies their fathers walked behind.So I will send fire on Judah, and it will eat the strongholds of Jerusalem.This is what Yahweh says: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not take it back. They sell for silver and a poor man for .They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the ground and shove off the road. A man and his father go to the same girl and treat my name, , as common ground.They stretch out beside every altar on , and in the house of their god they drink .I was the one who wiped out in front of them, whose height was the height of , who stood as strong as the oaks. I killed his fruit above and his roots below.I was the one who brought you up out of Egypt and walked you through for forty years to take the land of the Amorite.I raised up prophets from among your sons and from among your young men. Isn’t that so, people of Israel? This is Yahweh speaking.But you made the men under the vow drink wine, and you gave the prophets an order: do not prophesy.Look, I am going to where you stand, the way a cart presses when it is loaded with .The fast man will have nowhere to run, the strong man will not keep hold of his strength, and will not save his own life.The archer will not hold his ground, the quick-footed will not get away, the man on the horse will not save his own life.And will run on that day. This is Yahweh speaking.