Berean Standard Bible

Amos 2:4-13

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 LORDand fail to keep His statutes;they are led astray by the liesin which their fathers walked.5So I will send fire upon Judahto 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 silverand the needy for a pair of sandals.7They trample on the heads of the pooras on the dust of the earth;they push the needy out of their way.A man and his fatherhave relations with the same girland so profane My holy name.8They lie down beside every altaron garments taken in pledge.And in the house of their God,1they drink wine obtained through fines.2

9Yet it was I who destroyedthe 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 aboveand his roots below.10And I brought you up from the land of Egyptand led you forty years in the wilderness,that you might take possessionof the land of the Amorite.11I raised up prophets from your sonsand Nazirites from your young men.Is this not true,O children of Israel?”declares the LORD.12“But you made the Nazirites drink wineand commanded the prophets not to prophesy.13Behold, I am about to crush you in your placeas with a cart full of grain.

Read all of Amos 2

Notes

1. Amos 2:8 Or of their gods ↩
2. Amos 2:8 Or they drink the wine of those who have been fined ↩

Notes

Commentaries on Amos 2