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New American Standard Bible 1995

Amos 2:6-16

6ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068, “For threeH7969 transgressionsH6588 of 1IsraelH3478 and for fourH702 I will not revokeH7725 its punishment, BecauseH5921 they 2sellH4376 the righteousH6662 for moneyH3701 And the needyH34 for a pair of sandalsH5275.7These who 3pantH7602 afterH5921 the very dustH6083 of the earthH776 on the headH7218 of the 4helplessH1800 Also 5turnH5186 asideH5186 the wayH1870 of the humbleH6035; And a 6manH376 and his fatherH1 7resortH1980 to the same 8girlH5291 In orderH4616 to profaneH2490 My holyH6944 nameH8034.8On garmentsH899 9takenH2254 as pledgesH2254 they stretchH5186 out besideH681 10everyH3605 altarH4196, And in the houseH1004 of their GodH430 they 11drinkH8354 the wineH3196 of those who have been finedH6064.

9“Yet it was I who destroyedH8045 the 12AmoriteH567 beforeH4480H6440 them, 13Though his 14heightH1363 was like the heightH1363 of cedarsH730 And he was strongH2634 as the oaksH437; I even destroyedH8045 his 15fruitH6529 aboveH4480H4605 and his rootH8328 belowH4480H8478.10It was I who 16broughtH5927 you up from the landH776 of EgyptH4714, And I ledH1980 you in the wildernessH4057 17fortyH705 yearsH8141 18That you might takeH3423 possessionH3423 of the landH776 of the 19AmoriteH567.11Then I 20raisedH6965 up someH4480 of your sonsH1121 to be prophetsH5030 And someH4480 of your youngH970 menH970 to be 21NaziritesH5139. Is thisH2088 not soH637, O sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478?” declaresH5002 the LordH3068.12“But you made the NaziritesH5139 drinkH8248 wineH3196, And you commandedH6680 the prophetsH5030 sayingH559, ‘You 22shall not prophesyH5012!’13BeholdH2009, I am 2324weightedH5781 downH5781 beneathH8478 you As a wagonH5699 25is weightedH5781 downH5781 when filledH4392 with sheavesH5995.142627FlightH4498 will perishH6 from the swiftH7031, And the stalwartH2389 will not strengthenH553 his powerH3581, NorH3808 the 28mightyH1368 manH1368 saveH4422 his 29lifeH5315.15He who 30graspsH8610 the bowH7198 will not standH5975 his ground, The swiftH7031 of footH7272 will not escapeH4422, NorH3808 will he who ridesH7392 the 31horseH5483 saveH4422 his 32lifeH5315.16Even the 33bravestH533H3820 among the warriorsH1368 will 34fleeH5127 nakedH6174 in that dayH3117,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068.

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Notes

  1. 1. Amos 2:6 2 Kin 18:11, 12 ↩
  2. 2. Amos 2:6 Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11, 12; 8:6 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 2:7 Or trample or, snap at the head of the helpless on the dust ↩
  4. 4. Amos 2:7 Amos 8:4; Mic 2:2, 9 ↩
  5. 5. Amos 2:7 Amos 5:12 ↩
  6. 6. Amos 2:7 Hos 4:14 ↩
  7. 7. Amos 2:7 Lit go ↩
  8. 8. Amos 2:7 Possibly a harlot, or a temple prostitute ↩
  9. 9. Amos 2:8 Ex 22:26 ↩
  10. 10. Amos 2:8 Amos 3:14 ↩
  11. 11. Amos 2:8 Amos 4:1; 6:6 ↩
  12. 12. Amos 2:9 Num 21:23-25; Josh 10:12 ↩
  13. 13. Amos 2:9 Lit Whose height ↩
  14. 14. Amos 2:9 Num 13:32 ↩
  15. 15. Amos 2:9 Ezek 17:9; Mal 4:1 ↩
  16. 16. Amos 2:10 Ex 12:51; 20:2; Amos 3:1; 9:7 ↩
  17. 17. Amos 2:10 Deut 2:7 ↩
  18. 18. Amos 2:10 Lit To possess ↩
  19. 19. Amos 2:10 Ex 3:8 ↩
  20. 20. Amos 2:11 Deut 18:18; Jer 7:25 ↩
  21. 21. Amos 2:11 Num 6:2, 3; Judg 13:5 ↩
  22. 22. Amos 2:12 Is 30:10; Jer 11:21; Amos 7:13, 16; Mic 2:6 ↩
  23. 23. Amos 2:13 Or tottering ↩
  24. 24. Amos 2:13 Is 1:14 ↩
  25. 25. Amos 2:13 Or totters ↩
  26. 26. Amos 2:14 Or A place of refuge ↩
  27. 27. Amos 2:14 Is 30:16, 17 ↩
  28. 28. Amos 2:14 Ps 33:16; Jer 9:23 ↩
  29. 29. Amos 2:14 Lit soul ↩
  30. 30. Amos 2:15 Jer 51:56; Ezek 39:3 ↩
  31. 31. Amos 2:15 Is 31:3 ↩
  32. 32. Amos 2:15 Lit soul ↩
  33. 33. Amos 2:16 Lit stout of heart ↩
  34. 34. Amos 2:16 Judg 4:17 ↩

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