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Amos 2 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:1 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of Moab and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:2 -

“So I will send fire upon Moab,

And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;

And Moab will die amid great rumbling,

Amid a loud shout and the sound of a trumpet.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:3 -

“I will also cut off the [fn]judge from her midst

And kill all her princes with him,” says Yahweh.

Punishment on Judah and Israel

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of Judah and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because they rejected the law of Yahweh

And have not kept His statutes;

Their [fn]falsehood also has led them astray,

That which their fathers walked after.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:5 -

“So I will send fire upon Judah,

And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of Israel and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because they sell the righteous for money

And the needy for a pair of sandals.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 -

“These who [fn]pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the poor

Also turn aside the way of the humble;

And a man and his father go to the same [fn]young woman

In order to profane My holy name.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:10 -

“And 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:11 -

“Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets

And some of your choice men to be Nazirites.

Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:12 -

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,

And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:13 -

“Behold, I am [fn]weighted down beneath you

As a wagon [fn]is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:14 -

“So [fn]flight will perish from the swift,

And the strong will not instill his power with courage,

Nor will the mighty man make his [fn]life escape.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 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 make his [fn]life escape.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:16 -

“Even the [fn]most courageous of heart among the mighty men will flee naked in that day,” declares Yahweh.

LSB Footnotes
Or executive officer
Or false gods
Or trample upon the head of the helpless on the dust
Possibly a harlot or a temple prostitute
Lit Whose height
Lit To possess
Or tottering
Or totters
Or a place of refuge
Lit soul
Lit soul
Lit stout of heart
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