Amos 2:4-13

4This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of 1Judah, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they 2rejected the Law of the Lord And have not kept His statutes; Their 34lies also have led them astray, Those which their 5fathers followed.5So I will 6send fire upon Judah, And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

6This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of 7Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they 8sell the righteous for 9money, And the needy for a pair of sandals.7These who 10trample the head of the 11helpless to the dust of the earth Also 12divert the way of the humble; And a 13man and his father 14resort to the same 15girl So as to profane My holy name.8And on garments 16seized as pledges they stretch out beside 17every altar, And in the house of their God they 18drink the wine of those who have been fined.

9“Yet it was I who destroyed the 19Amorite before them, 20Though his 21height was like the height of cedars And he was as strong as the oaks; I also destroyed his 22fruit above and his roots below.10And it was I who 23brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you in the wilderness for 24forty years So that you might take possession of the land of the 25Amorite.11Then I 26raised up some of your sons to be prophets, And some of your young men to be 27Nazirites. 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 28shall not prophesy!’13Behold, I am 29making a rut in the ground beneath you, Just as a wagon makes a rut when filled with sheaves.