Amos 2

1This is what Yahweh says: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke it, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

2So I will send fire on Moab, and it will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will die amid uproar, with war cries and the blast of the ram’s horn.

3I will cut off the ruler from within it and kill all its officials with him, says Yahweh.

4This is what Yahweh says: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke it, because they rejected the law of Yahweh and did not keep his statutes. Their lies, which their ancestors followed, have led them astray.

5So I will send fire on Judah, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.

6This is what Yahweh says: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke it, because they sell the innocent for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

7They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the ground and push the humble out of the way. A man and his father go to the same young woman, and so they profane my holy name.

8They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink wine taken from those they have fined.

9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.

10It was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years through the wilderness to take possession of the land of the Amorites.

11I raised up some of your sons to be prophets and some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, people of Israel? declares Yahweh.

12But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy.”

13Now I am going to crush you where you stand, as a cart crushes when it is loaded with sheaves.

14The swift will have nowhere to flee, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.

15The archer will not stand his ground, the swift of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

16Even the bravest of the warriors will flee naked on that day, declares Yahweh.