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Amos 2

1Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithJehovah:Forthreeשְׁלֹשָׁה֙she.lo.ShahH7969transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵ֣יpish.'EiH6588ofMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124,andforfourאַרְבָּעָ֖ה'ar.ba.'AhH702,Iwillnotrevokeאֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ'a.shi.Ve.nuH7725itssentence;becauseheburnedשָׂרְפ֛וֹsa.re.FoH8313thebonesH6106ofthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEdomאֱד֖וֹם'e.DomH123intolimeלַשִּֽׂיד׃la.SidH7875.

2AndIwillsendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ve.shi.lach.ti-H7971afireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784uponMoabבְּמוֹאָ֔בbe.mo.'AvH4124,anditshalldevourH398thepalacesofKerijoth;andMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124shalldieוּמֵ֤תu.MetH4191withtumult,withshoutingבִּתְרוּעָ֖הbit.ru.'AhH8643, [and]withthesoundבְּק֥וֹלbe.KolH6963ofthetrumpetשׁוֹפָֽר׃sho.FarH7782.

3AndIwillcutוְהִכְרַתִּ֥יve.hikh.ra.TiH3772offthejudgeשׁוֹפֵ֖טsho.FetH8199fromthemidstמִקִּרְבָּ֑הּmi.kir.BahH7130thereof,andwillslayH2026alltheprincesH8269thereofwithhim, saithJehovah.

4Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithJehovah:Forthreeשְׁלֹשָׁה֙she.lo.ShahH7969transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵ֣יpish.'EiH6588ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,andforfourאַרְבָּעָ֖ה'ar.ba.'AhH702,Iwillnotrevokeאֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ'a.shi.Ve.nuH7725itssentence;becausetheyhavedespisedthelawתּוֹרַ֣תto.RatH8451ofJehovah,andhavenotkeptH8104hisstatutesH2706;andtheirliesכִּזְבֵיהֶ֔םkiz.vei.HemH3577havecausedthemtoerrH8582,afterwhichtheirfathersH1walkedהָלְכ֥וּha.le.KhuH1980.

5AndIwillsendוְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּיve.shi.Lach.tiH7971afireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784uponJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.DahH3063,anditshalldevourH398thepalacesofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

6Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithJehovah:Forthreeשְׁלֹשָׁה֙she.lo.ShahH7969transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵ֣יpish.'EiH6588ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andforfourאַרְבָּעָ֖ה'ar.ba.'AhH702,Iwillnotrevokeאֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ'a.shi.Ve.nuH7725itssentence;becausetheyhavesoldH4376therighteousצַדִּ֔יקtza.DikH6662forsilverבַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ba.Ke.sefH3701,andtheneedyוְאֶבְי֖וֹןve.'ev.YonH34forapairofshoes;

7pantingafterthedustעֲפַר־'a.far-H6083oftheearthאֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retzH776ontheheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218ofthepoorדַּלִּ֔יםda.LimH1800,andturningיַטּ֑וּya.TuH5186asideH5186thewayוְדֶ֥רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870ofthemeek;andamanוְאִ֣ישׁve.'IshH376andhisfatherוְאָבִ֗יוve.'a.VivH1willgoinuntothe[same] maid,toprofaneחַלֵּ֖לcha.LelH2490myholyH6944nameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034.

8Andtheylay [themselves]downH5186byeveryaltarמִזְבֵּ֑חַmiz.Be.achH4196uponclothesH899takeninpledge,andtheydrinkיִשְׁתּ֔וּyish.TuH8354[in]thehouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004oftheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430thewineוְיֵ֤יןve.YeinH3196ofthecondemned.

9ButIdestroyedהִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּיhish.Mad.tiH8045theAmoriteהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ha.'e.mo.RiH567beforethem,whoseheightכְּגֹ֤בַהּke.GoahH1363wasastheheightגָּבְה֔וֹga.ve.HoH1363ofthecedarsאֲרָזִים֙'a.ra.ZimH730,andhewasstrongוְחָסֹ֥ןve.cha.SonH2634astheoaksכָּֽאַלּוֹנִ֑יםka.'a.lo.NimH437;butIdestroyedוָאַשְׁמִ֤ידva.'ash.MidH8045hisfruitפִּרְיוֹ֙pir.YoH6529fromabove,andhisrootsוְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יוve.sha.ra.ShavH8328frombeneath.

10AndIbroughtH5927youupfromthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,andledyoufortyאַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּר֙ba.mid.BarH4057,topossessH3423thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776oftheAmoriteהָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ha.'e.mo.RiH567.

11AndIraisedH6965upofyoursonsH1121forprophetsלִנְבִיאִ֔יםlin.vi.'ImH5030,andofyouryoungH1121menH970forNazarites.IsitnotevenH637thus, yechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478? saithJehovah.

12AndyegavetheNazariteswineיָ֑יִןYa.yinH3196todrinkוַתַּשְׁק֥וּva.tash.KuH8248;andcommandedצִוִּיתֶ֣םtzi.vi.TemH6680theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִים֙ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Prophesyתִּנָּבְאֽוּ׃ti.na.ve.'UH5012not.

13Behold,Iwillpress uponyou,asacartהָעֲגָלָ֔הha.'a.ga.LahH5699presseththatisfullH4395ofsheaves.

14AndflightshallperishH6fromtheswiftמִקָּ֔לmi.KalH7031,andthestrongוְחָזָ֖קve.cha.ZakH2389shallnotstrengthenH553hisforce,neithershallthemightyוְגִבּ֖וֹרve.gi.BorH1368deliverH4422hissoulH5315.

15Neithershallhestandיַעֲמֹ֔דya.'a.ModH5975thathandleththebowהַקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ha.Ke.shetH7198;andtheswiftוְקַ֥לve.KalH7031offootH7272shallnotescapeH4422,andhethatrideththehorseהַסּ֔וּסha.SusH5483shallnotdeliverH4422hissoulH5315;

16andhethatisstout-heartedamongthemightyH1368shallfleeיָנ֥וּסya.NusH5127awaynakedעָר֛וֹםa.RomH6174inthatdayבַּיּוֹם־bai.yom-H3117, saithJehovah.

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