NETtext - Amos - 2

2:1  This is what the LORD says: "Because Moab has committed three crimes - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom's king into lime.

2:2  So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth's fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram's horn.

2:3  I will remove Moab's leader; I will kill all Moab's officials with him." The LORD has spoken!

2:4  This is what the LORD says: "Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the LORD's law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.

2:5  So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem's fortresses."

2:6  This is what the LORD says: "Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.

2:7  They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

2:8  They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God!

2:9  For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground.

2:10  I brought you up from the land of Egypt; I led you through the wilderness for forty years so you could take the Amorites' land as your own.

2:11  I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?" The LORD is speaking!

2:12  "But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets, 'Do not prophesy!'

2:13  Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.

2:14  Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.

2:15  Archers will not hold their ground; fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses.

2:16  Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day." The LORD is speaking!