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Amos 2 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:1 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:2 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:3 - I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him," says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:5 - So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6 - 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--
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - "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.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:10 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:11 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:12 - "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:13 - "Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:14 - Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:15 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:16 - and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day," says the LORD.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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