Amos 2

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

The Lord announces judgments against Moab, Judah, and Israel for their repeated transgressions. Moab will be consumed by fire and lose its ruler because the nation burned the bones of Edom's king to lime. Judah faces destruction by fire in Jerusalem for rejecting the Lord's law and following false lies. Israel is condemned for oppressing the righteous and the poor, engaging in immoral acts, and misusing sacred items, despite the Lord having previously delivered them from Egypt and destroyed the Amorites. Finally, the Lord states He will crush Israel so severely that neither the swift, the strong, nor the archers and horsemen will be able to escape or save their lives.

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¹This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. ²So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. ³I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD. ⁴This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked. ⁵So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.” ⁶This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. ⁷They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. ⁸They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. ⁹Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. ¹⁰And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite. ¹¹I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. ¹²“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. ¹³Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain. ¹⁴Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life. ¹⁵The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life. ¹⁶Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.

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