| 2:1 | Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its [punishment], Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. |
| 2:2 | But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting [and] trumpet sound. |
| 2:3 | And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him," Says the LORD. |
| 2:4 | Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its [punishment], Because they have despised the law of the LORD, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, [Lies] which their fathers followed. |
| 2:5 | But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem." |
| 2:6 | Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its [punishment], Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals. |
| 2:7 | They pant after the dust of the earth [which is] on the head of the poor, And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the [same] girl, To defile My holy name. |
| 2:8 | They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god. |
| 2:9 | "Yet [it was] I [who] destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height [was] like the height of the cedars, And he [was as] strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath. |
| 2:10 | Also [it was] I [who] brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite. |
| 2:11 | I raised up some of your sons as prophets, And some of your young men as Nazirites. [Is it] not so, O you children of Israel?" Says the LORD. |
| 2:12 | "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets saying, `Do not prophesy!' |
| 2:13 | "Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down. |
| 2:14 | Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor shall the mighty deliver himself; |
| 2:15 | He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself. |
| 2:16 | The most courageous men of might Shall flee naked in that day," Says the LORD. |
Amos 2 - New King James Version
