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New American Standard Bible 2020

Amos 2

Judgment on Moab

1This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of 1Moab, and for four, I will not 2revoke its punishment, Because he 3burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.2So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of 4Kerioth; And Moab will die amid the 5panic of battle, Amid war cries and the sound of a trumpet.3I will also eliminate the 67judge from her midst And slay all her 8leaders with him,” says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

4This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of 9Judah, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they 10rejected the Law of the Lord And have not kept His statutes; Their 1112lies also have led them astray, Those which their 13fathers followed.5So I will 14send fire upon Judah, And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

Judgment on Israel

6This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of 15Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they 16sell the righteous for 17money, And the needy for a pair of sandals.7These who 18trample the head of the 19helpless to the dust of the earth Also 20divert the way of the humble; And a 21man and his father 22resort to the same 23girl So as to profane My holy name.8And on garments 24seized as pledges they stretch out beside 25every altar, And in the house of their God they 26drink the wine of those who have been fined.

9“Yet it was I who destroyed the 27Amorite before them, 28Though his 29height was like the height of cedars And he was as strong as the oaks; I also destroyed his 30fruit above and his roots below.10And it was I who 31brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you in the wilderness for 32forty years So that you might take possession of the land of the 33Amorite.11Then I 34raised up some of your sons to be prophets, And some of your young men to be 35Nazirites. Is this not so, you sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You 36shall not prophesy!’13Behold, I am 37making a rut in the ground beneath you, Just as a wagon makes a rut when filled with sheaves.1438Refuge will be lost from the swift, And the strong will not strengthen his power, Nor the 39warrior save his 40life.15The one who 41grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will the one who rides the 42horse save his 43life.16Even the 44bravest among the warriors will 45flee naked on that day,” declares the Lord.

Notes

  1. 1. Amos 2:1 Is 15:1-16:14; 25:10-12; Jer 48:1-47; Ezek 25:8-11; Zeph 2:8, 9 ↩
  2. 2. Amos 2:1 Lit cause it to turn back, and so throughout the ch ↩
  3. 3. Amos 2:1 2 Kin 3:26, 27 ↩
  4. 4. Amos 2:2 Jer 48:24, 41 ↩
  5. 5. Amos 2:2 Jer 48:45 ↩
  6. 6. Amos 2:3 Or executive officer ↩
  7. 7. Amos 2:3 Ps 2:10; 141:6; Amos 5:7, 12; 6:12 ↩
  8. 8. Amos 2:3 Job 12:21; Is 40:23 ↩
  9. 9. Amos 2:4 2 Kin 17:19; Hos 12:2; Amos 3:2 ↩
  10. 10. Amos 2:4 Judg 2:17-20; 2 Kin 22:11-17; Jer 6:19; 8:9 ↩
  11. 11. Amos 2:4 Or false gods ↩
  12. 12. Amos 2:4 Is 9:15, 16; 28:15; Jer 16:19; Hab 2:18 ↩
  13. 13. Amos 2:4 Jer 9:14; 16:11, 12; Ezek 20:18, 24, 30 ↩
  14. 14. Amos 2:5 Jer 17:27; 21:10; Hos 8:14 ↩
  15. 15. Amos 2:6 2 Kin 18:11, 12 ↩
  16. 16. Amos 2:6 Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11, 12; 8:6 ↩
  17. 17. Amos 2:6 Lit silver ↩
  18. 18. Amos 2:7 Or pant for the dust...on the head of the helpless ↩
  19. 19. Amos 2:7 Amos 8:4; Mic 2:2, 9 ↩
  20. 20. Amos 2:7 Amos 5:12 ↩
  21. 21. Amos 2:7 Hos 4:14 ↩
  22. 22. Amos 2:7 Lit go ↩
  23. 23. Amos 2:7 Possibly a prostitute, or a temple prostitute ↩
  24. 24. Amos 2:8 Ex 22:26 ↩
  25. 25. Amos 2:8 Amos 3:14 ↩
  26. 26. Amos 2:8 Amos 4:1; 6:6 ↩
  27. 27. Amos 2:9 Num 21:23-25; Josh 10:12 ↩
  28. 28. Amos 2:9 Lit Whose height ↩
  29. 29. Amos 2:9 Num 13:32 ↩
  30. 30. Amos 2:9 Ezek 17:9; Mal 4:1 ↩
  31. 31. Amos 2:10 Ex 12:51; 20:2; Amos 3:1; 9:7 ↩
  32. 32. Amos 2:10 Deut 2:7 ↩
  33. 33. Amos 2:10 Ex 3:8 ↩
  34. 34. Amos 2:11 Deut 18:18; Jer 7:25 ↩
  35. 35. Amos 2:11 Num 6:2, 3; Judg 13:5 ↩
  36. 36. Amos 2:12 Is 30:10; Jer 11:21; Amos 7:13, 16; Mic 2:6 ↩
  37. 37. Amos 2:13 Is 1:14 ↩
  38. 38. Amos 2:14 Is 30:16, 17 ↩
  39. 39. Amos 2:14 Ps 33:16; Jer 9:23 ↩
  40. 40. Amos 2:14 Lit soul ↩
  41. 41. Amos 2:15 Jer 51:56; Ezek 39:3 ↩
  42. 42. Amos 2:15 Is 31:3 ↩
  43. 43. Amos 2:15 Lit soul ↩
  44. 44. Amos 2:16 Lit strong of his heart ↩
  45. 45. Amos 2:16 Judg 4:17 ↩

Commentaries on Amos 2

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