Amos

1The LORD says:“For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment, because he burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

2but I will send a fire on Moab,and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

3and I will cut off the judge from amongst them,and will kill all its princes with him,”says the LORD.

4The LORD says:“For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment, because they have rejected the LORD’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

5but I will send a fire on Judah,and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

6The LORD says:“For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment, because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals;

7They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed.A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.

8They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their Godthey drink the wine of those who have been fined.

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

10Also I brought you up out of the land of Egyptand led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11I raised up some of your sons for prophets,and some of your young men for Nazirites.Isn’t this true,you children of Israel?” says the LORD.

12“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

13Behold,I will crush you in your place,as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

14Flight will perish from the swift.The strong won’t strengthen his force. The mighty won’t deliver himself.

15He who handles the bow won’t stand.He who is swift of foot won’t escape. He who rides the horse won’t deliver himself.

16He who is courageous amongst the mightywill flee away naked on that day,”says the LORD.

1Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath burnt the bones of the king of Edom even to ashes.

2And I will seed a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet:

3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.

4Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked.

5And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.

6Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes.

7They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, to profane my holy name.

8And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.

9Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.

10It is I that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I led you forty years through the wilderness, that you might possess the land of the Amorrhite.

11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?

12And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.

13Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.

14And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.

15And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse save his life.

16And the stout of heart among the valiant shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.