Amos, 2
1. Yahweh says this: For the three crimes, the four crimes of Moab, I have made my decree and will not relent: because they have burnt the bones of the king of Edom to ash,
1. Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.
2. I shall send fire down into Moab to devour the palaces of Kerioth, and Moab will die in the tumult, amid war cries and the blare of trumpets;
2. So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ker'ioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3. I shall destroy the ruler there and slaughter all the chief men there with him, says Yahweh.
3. I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him," says the LORD.
4. Yahweh says this: For the three crimes, the four crimes of Judah, I have made my decree and will not relent: because they have despised Yahweh's law and not kept his commandments, since their Falsehoods, which their ancestors followed, have led them astray,
4. Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked.
5. I shall send fire down on Judah to devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
5. So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."
6. Yahweh says this: For the three crimes, the four crimes of Israel, I have made my decree and will not relent: because they have sold the upright for silver and the poor for a pair of sandals,
6. Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes --
7. because they have crushed the heads of the weak into the dust and thrust the rights of the oppressed to one side, father and son sleeping with the same girl and thus profaning my holy name,
7. they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned;
8. lying down beside every altar on clothes acquired as pledges, and drinking the wine of the people they have fined in the house of their god.
8. they lay themselves down beside every altar upon garments taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
9. Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, he who was as tall as the cedars, as strong as the oaks; I who destroyed his fruit above ground and his roots below.
9. "Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.
10. It was I who brought you up from Egypt and for forty years led you through the desert to take possession of the Amorite's country;
10. Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11. I who raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Israelites, is this not true? -declares Yahweh!
11. And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?" says the LORD.
12. But you have made the Nazirite drink wine and given orders to the prophets, 'Do not prophesy.'
12. "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, `You shall not prophesy.'
13. Very well! Like a cart overloaded with sheaves I shall crush you where you stand;
13. "Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
14. flight will be cut off for the swift, the strong will have no chance to exert his strength nor the warrior be able to save his life;
14. Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
15. the archer will not stand his ground, the swift of foot will not escape, nor will the horseman save his life;
15. he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
16. even the bravest of warriors will jettison his arms and run away, that day! -declares Yahweh!
16. and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day," says the LORD.
