Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Amo 2:1 |
Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not [fn]revoke its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. |
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Amo 2:2 |
"So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid tumult, With [fn]war cries and the sound of a trumpet. |
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Amo 2:3 |
"I will also cut off the [fn]judge from her midst And slay all her princes with him," says the LORD. |
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Amo 2:4 |
Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they rejected the law of the LORD And have not kept His statutes; Their [fn]lies also have led them astray, Those after which their fathers walked. |
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Amo 2:5 |
"So I will send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem." |
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Amo 2:6 |
Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals. |
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Amo 2:7 |
"These who [fn]pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father [fn]resort to the same [fn]girl In order to profane My holy name. |
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Amo 2:8 |
"On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. |
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Amo 2:9 |
"Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, [fn]Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. |
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Amo 2:10 |
"It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years [fn]That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite. |
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Amo 2:11 |
"Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD. |
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Amo 2:12 |
"But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, 'You shall not prophesy!' |
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Amo 2:13 |
"Behold, I am [fn]weighted down beneath you As a wagon [fn]is weighted down when filled with sheaves. |
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Amo 2:14 |
" [fn]Flight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his [fn]life. |
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Amo 2:15 |
"He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse save his [fn]life. |
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Amo 2:16 |
"Even the [fn]bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day," declares the LORD. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (2:1) Literally: cause it to turn back, and so throughout the chapter
- (2:2) Or, shouts
- (2:3) Or, executive officer
- (2:4) Or, false gods
- (2:7) Or, trample or, snap at the head of the helpless on the dust
- (2:7) Literally: go
- (2:7) Possibly a harlot, or a temple prostitute
- (2:9) Literally: Whose height
- (2:10) Literally: To possess
- (2:13) Or, tottering
- (2:13) Or, totters
- (2:14) Or, A place of refuge
- (2:14) Literally: soul
- (2:15) Literally: soul
- (2:16) Literally: stout of heart
