F.
On Moab
2:1-3
Amos 2
:1
2:1
Thus says Jehovah,
Because of three transgressions of
1aMoab,
Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment;
Because he burned the bones
Of the king of Edom into lime.
Amos 2
:2
2:2
And I will send fire upon Moab,
And it will devour the palaces of Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid tumult,
With shouting, with the sound of a trumpet.
Amos 2
:3
2:3
And I will cut off the judge from the midst of it
And will slay all its princes with him,
Says Jehovah.
III.
Jehovah's judgments on Judah and Israel
2:4-16
A.
On Judah
vv. 4-5
Amos 2
:4
2:4
Thus says Jehovah,
Because of three transgressions of Judah,
Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment;
Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah
And have not kept His statutes;
And their lies have caused them to err,
The lies which their fathers walked after.
Amos 2
:5
2:5
And I will send
afire upon Judah,
And it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
B.
On Israel
vv. 6-16
Amos 2
:6
2:6
Thus says Jehovah,
Because of three transgressions of Israel,
Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment;
Because they have sold the righteous for silver
And the
aneedy for a pair of sandals —
Amos 2
:7
2:7
They who pant after the dust of the earth upon the heads of the poor,
And turn aside the way of the meek.
And a man and his father go in unto the
same young woman,
In order to profane My holy name.
Amos 2
:8
2:8
And upon garments taken as pledge they lay themselves down
Beside every altar,
And in the house of their God they drink
The wine of those who have been fined.
Amos 2
:9
2:9
But I destroyed the
aAmorite before them,
Whose height was like the
bheight of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
Yet I destroyed his fruit from above
And his roots from beneath.
Amos 2
:10
2:10
And I
abrought you up from the land of Egypt
And led you in the wilderness for
bforty years,
To possess the land of the Amorites.
Amos 2
:11
2:11
And I raised up some of your sons as prophets
And some of your young men as
aNazarites.
Is it not indeed so, O children of Israel?
Declares Jehovah.
Amos 2
:12
2:12
But you made the Nazarites drink wine
And commanded the prophets, saying, Do
anot prophesy.
Amos 2
:13
2:13
Indeed I will press on you,
As a cart that is full of sheaves presses.
Amos 2
:14
2:14
And flight will perish from the swift,
And the strong will not strengthen his force,
Nor will the mighty deliver his soul;
Amos 2
:15
2:15
And he who wields the bow will not stand,
And he who is swift of foot will not deliver
himself,
And he who rides the horse will not deliver his soul.
Amos 2
:16
2:16
And he who is stout-hearted among the mighty men
Will flee away naked in that day,
Declares Jehovah.
