Bible Gateway passage: Amos 2 - New International Version (2024)

2This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Moab,^(A)
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes^(B)
the bones of Edom’s king,
²I will send fire on Moab
that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.^[a](C)
Moab will go down in great tumult
amid war cries^(D) and the blast of the trumpet.^(E)
3I will destroy her ruler^(F)
and kill all her officials with him,”^(G)
says the Lord.^(H)

⁴This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Judah,^(I)
even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law^(J) of the Lord
and have not kept his decrees,^(K)
because they have been led astray^(L) by false gods,^[b](M)
the gods^[c] their ancestors followed,^(N)
5I will send fire^(O) on Judah
that will consume the fortresses^(P) of Jerusalem.^(Q)”

Judgment on Israel

⁶This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Israel,
even for four, I will not relent.^(R)
They sell the innocent for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals.^(S)
7They trample on the heads of the poor
as on the dust of the ground
and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
and so profane my holy name.^(T)
8They lie down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge.^(U)
In the house of their god
they drink wine^(V) taken as fines.^(W)

⁹“Yet I destroyed the Amorites^(X) before them,
though they were tall^(Y) as the cedars
and strong as the oaks.^(Z)
I destroyed their fruit above
and their roots^(AA) below.
¹⁰I brought you up out of Egypt^(AB)
and led^(AC) you forty years in the wilderness^(AD)
to give you the land of the Amorites.^(AE)

¹¹“I also raised up prophets^(AF) from among your children
and Nazirites^(AG) from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
¹²“But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.^(AH)

¹³“Now then, I will crush you
as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.^(AI)
14The swift will not escape,^(AJ)
the strong^(AK) will not muster their strength,
and the warrior will not save his life.^(AL)
15The archer^(AM) will not stand his ground,
the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
and the horseman^(AN) will not save his life.^(AO)
16Even the bravest warriors^(AP)
will flee naked on that day,”
declares the Lord.

Footnotes

1. Amos 2:2 Or of her cities
2. Amos 2:4 Or by lies
3. Amos 2:4 Or lies

Cross references

1. Amos 2:1 : S Isa 16:6
2. Amos 2:1 : Isa 33:12
3. Amos 2:2 : Jer 48:24
4. Amos 2:2 : S Job 39:25
5. Amos 2:2 : S Jos 6:20
6. Amos 2:3 : S Ps 2:10
7. Amos 2:3 : S Isa 40:23
8. Amos 2:3 : Isa 15:1-9; 16:1-14; S 25:10; Jer 48:1; S Eze 25:8-11; Zep 2:8-9
9. Amos 2:4 : 2Ki 17:19; Hos 12:2
10. Amos 2:4 : S Jer 6:19
11. Amos 2:4 : S Eze 20:24
12. Amos 2:4 : Isa 9:16
13. Amos 2:4 : S Ex 34:15; S Dt 31:20; S Ps 4:2
14. Amos 2:4 : S 2Ki 22:13; S Jer 9:14; S 16:12
15. Amos 2:5 : S 2Ki 25:9; S 2Ch 36:19
16. Amos 2:5 : Am 3:11
17. Amos 2:5 : S Jer 17:27; S Hos 8:14
18. Amos 2:6 : S Am 1:3
19. Amos 2:6 : S Joel 3:3; Am 8:6
20. Amos 2:7 : S Lev 18:21; Am 5:11-12; 8:4
21. Amos 2:8 : S Ex 22:26; Dt 24:12-13
22. Amos 2:8 : Hos 7:14; Am 4:1; 6:6
23. Amos 2:8 : Hab 2:6
24. Amos 2:9 : Nu 21:23-26; Jos 10:12
25. Amos 2:9 : S Isa 10:33
26. Amos 2:9 : S Ps 29:9
27. Amos 2:9 : S 2Ki 19:30; S Job 18:16; S Eze 17:9
28. Amos 2:10 : S Ex 6:6; 20:2; Am 3:1
29. Amos 2:10 : S Dt 8:2
30. Amos 2:10 : S Dt 2:7
31. Amos 2:10 : S Ex 3:8; S Nu 21:25; S Jos 13:4; Am 9:7
32. Amos 2:11 : Dt 18:18; Jer 7:25
33. Amos 2:11 : S Jdg 13:5
34. Amos 2:12 : Isa 30:10; Jer 11:21; Am 7:12-13; Mic 2:6
35. Amos 2:13 : Am 7:16-17
36. Amos 2:14 : S Job 11:20
37. Amos 2:14 : S 1Ki 20:11
38. Amos 2:14 : Ps 33:16; Isa 30:16-17
39. Amos 2:15 : S Eze 39:3
40. Amos 2:15 : S Ex 15:21; Zec 10:5
41. Amos 2:15 : Ecc 9:11
42. Amos 2:16 : Jer 48:41