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Amos 2 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Judgment on Moab

2 This is what the Lord says:

“For three offenses of ^(A)Moab, and for four,
I will not ^[a]revoke its punishment,
Because he ^(B)burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
²So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of ^(C)Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid the ^(D)panic of battle,
Amid war cries and the sound of a trumpet.
³I will also eliminate the ^[b]^(E)judge from her midst
And slay all her ^(F)leaders with him,” says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

⁴This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of ^(G)Judah, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ^(H)rejected the Law of the Lord
And have not kept His statutes;
Their ^[c]^(I)lies also have led them astray,
Those which their ^(J)fathers followed.
⁵So I will ^(K)send fire upon Judah,
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

Judgment on Israel

⁶This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of ^(L)Israel, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ^(M)sell the righteous for ^[d]money,
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
⁷These who ^[e]trample the head of the ^(N)helpless to the dust of the earth
Also ^(O)divert the way of the humble;
And a ^(P)man and his father ^[f]resort to the same ^[g]girl
So as to profane My holy name.
⁸And on garments ^(Q)seized as pledges they stretch out beside ^(R)every altar,
And in the house of their God they ^(S)drink the wine of those who have been fined.

⁹“Yet it was I who destroyed the ^(T)Amorite before them,
^[h]Though his ^(U)height was like the height of cedars
And he was as strong as the oaks;
I also destroyed his ^(V)fruit above and his roots below.
¹⁰And it was I who ^(W)brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And led you in the wilderness for ^(X)forty years
So that you might take possession of the land of the ^(Y)Amorite.
¹¹Then I ^(Z)raised up some of your sons to be prophets,
And some of your young men to be ^(AA)Nazirites.
Is this not so, you sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
¹²“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You ^(AB)shall not prophesy!’
¹³Behold, I am ^(AC)making a rut in the ground beneath you,
Just as a wagon makes a rut when filled with sheaves.
¹⁴^(AD)Refuge will be lost from the swift,
And the strong will not strengthen his power,
Nor the ^(AE)warrior save his ^[i]life.
¹⁵The one who ^(AF)grasps the bow will not stand his ground,
The swift of foot will not escape,
Nor will the one who rides the ^(AG)horse save his ^[j]life.
¹⁶Even the ^[k]bravest among the warriors will ^(AH)flee naked on that day,” declares the Lord.

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