Amos 2

1Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke it, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.”

2So I will send fire upon Moab, and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; and Moab will die amid tumult, amid shouting, amid the sound of a trumpet.

3And I will cut off the judge from her midst, and I will kill all her officials with him,” says Yahweh.

4Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn it back, because they have rejected the law of Yahweh and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked.”

5So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will devour the citadels of Jerusalem.

6Thus says Yahweh: “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 sandals.”

7those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble; and a man and his father go in to the same girl, so as to profane my holy name.

8And on garments taken in pledge they stretch themselves out beside every altar, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those they have fined.

9Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars, and he was strong like the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

10Yet I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness forty years, to take possession of the land of the Amorites.

11And 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 Yahweh.

12But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Do not prophesy.’

13Look, I am pressing down beneath you, as a cart presses down when it is full of sheaves.

14Flight will perish from the swift, and the strong will not strengthen his power, and the warrior will not save his life.

15And the one who grasps the bow will not stand, and the swift of foot will not escape, and the rider of the horse will not save his life.

16Even the stouthearted among the warriors will flee naked on that day,” declares Yahweh.