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Amos 2

Judgment on Judah and Israel

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Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of  aMoab and for four I will not  1revoke its punishment, Because he  bburned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

2

"So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of  aKerioth; And Moab will die amid  btumult, With  1war cries and the sound of a trumpet.

3

"I will also cut off the  1 ajudge from her midst And slay all her  bprinces with him," says the LORD.

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Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of  aJudah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they  brejected the law of the LORD And have not kept His statutes; Their  1 clies also have led them astray, Those after which their  dfathers walked.

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"So I will  asend fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."

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Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of  aIsrael and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they  bsell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.

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"These who  1pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the  ahelpless Also  bturn aside the way of the humble; And a  cman and his father  2resort to the same  3girl In order to profane My holy name.

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"On garments  ataken as pledges they stretch out beside  bevery altar, And in the house of their God they  cdrink the wine of those who have been fined.

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"Yet it was I who destroyed the  aAmorite before them,  1Though his  bheight was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his  cfruit above and his root below.

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"It was I who  abrought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness  bforty years  1That you might take possession of the land of the  cAmorite.

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"Then I  araised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be  bNazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD.

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"But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, `You  ashall not prophesy!'

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"Behold, I am  1 aweighted down beneath you As a wagon  2is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

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1 aFlight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the  bmighty man save his  2life.

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"He who  agrasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the  bhorse save his  1life.

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"Even the  1bravest among the warriors will  aflee naked in that day," declares the LORD.



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