Amos 2:1-16 LSB

[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. [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. [3] “I will also cut off the judge from her midst And kill all her princes with him,” says Yahweh. [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 falsehood also has led them astray, That which their fathers walked after. [5] “So I will send fire upon Judah, And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.” [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. [7] “These who 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 young woman In order to profane My holy name. [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. [9] “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, 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. [10] “And it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite. [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. [12] “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’ [13] “Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves. [14] “So flight will perish from the swift, And the strong will not instill his power with courage, Nor will the mighty man make his life escape. [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 life escape. [16] “Even the most courageous of heart among the mighty men will flee naked in that day,” declares Yahweh.