Amos 2
La Nuova Diodati
2 Cosí dice l'Eterno: «Per tre misfatti, di Moab, anzi per quattro, io non revocherò la sua punizione, perché ha bruciato le ossa del re di Edom, riducendole in calce.
2 Perciò manderò fuoco in Moab, che divorerà i palazzi di Kerioth, e Moab perirà in mezzo al tumulto, al grido di guerra e al suono delle trombe.
3 Sterminerò dal suo mezzo il giudice e ucciderò tutti i suoi capi con lui», dice l'Eterno.
4 Cosí dice l'eterno: «Per tre misfatti di Giuda, anzi per quattro, io non revocherò la sua punizione, perché hanno disprezzato la legge dell'eterno e non hanno osservato i suoi statuti. Cosí gli idoli, dietro i quali già andarono i loro padri, li hanno fatti sviare.
5 Perciò manderò fuoco in Giuda, che divorerà i palazzi di Gerusalemme».
6 Così dice l'Eterno: «Per tre misfatti d'Israele, anzi per quattro, io non revocherò la sua punizione, perché vendono il giusto per denaro e il povero per un paio di sandali,
7 essi che desiderano ardentemente vedere la polvere della terra sul capo dei miseri e pervertono il diritto degli umili. Un uomo e suo padre vanno entrambi dalla stessa ragazza, per profanare il mio santo nome.
8 Si stendono accanto ad ogni altare su vesti prese in pegno e nella casa dei loro dèi bevono il vino di quelli colpiti da multa.
9 Eppure io distrussi davanti a loro l'Amorreo, la cui altezza era come l'altezza dei cedri ed era forte come le querce; io distrussi il suo frutto in alto e le sue radici in basso.
10 Io vi feci anche uscire dal paese d'Egitto e vi condussi per quarant'anni nel deserto, per darvi in eredità il paese dell'Amorreo.
11 Feci sorgere alcuni profeti tra i vostri figli e Nazirei fra i vostri giovani. Non è forse cosí, o figli d'Israele?»: dice l'Eterno.
12 «Ma voi avete fatto bere vino ai Nazirei e avete comandato ai profeti, dicendo: "Non profetizzate"
13 Ecco io sono schiacciato sotto di voi, come è schiacciato il carro pieno di covoni.
14 Perciò il veloce non avrà modo di fuggire, il forte non consoliderà la sua forza né l'uomo valoroso salverà la sua vita.
15 Chi maneggia l'arco non potrà resistere, chi ha piedi veloci non riuscirà a scappare, né salverà la sua vita il cavaliere a cavallo.
16 In quel giorno il piú coraggioso fra gli uomini valorosi fuggirà nudo», dice l'Eterno.
Amos 2
King James Version
2 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
4 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
Amos 2
New King James Version
Judgment on Israel
2 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because he (B)burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab,
And it shall devour the palaces of (C)Kerioth;
Moab shall die with tumult,
With shouting and trumpet sound.
3 And I will cut off (D)the judge from its midst,
And slay all its princes with him,”
Says the Lord.
Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (E)Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
(F)Because they have despised the law of the Lord,
And have not kept His commandments.
(G)Their lies lead them astray,
Lies (H)which their fathers followed.
5 (I)But I will send a fire upon Judah,
And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (J)Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because (K)they sell the righteous for silver,
And the (L)poor for a pair of sandals.
7 They [a]pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,
And (M)pervert the way of the humble.
(N)A man and his father go in to the same girl,
(O)To defile My holy name.
8 They lie down (P)by every altar on clothes (Q)taken in pledge,
And drink the wine of [b]the condemned in the house of their god.
9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the (R)Amorite before them,
Whose height was like the (S)height of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
Yet I (T)destroyed his fruit above
And his roots beneath.
10 Also it was (U)I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And (V)led you forty years through the wilderness,
To possess the land of the Amorite.
11 I raised up some of your sons as (W)prophets,
And some of your young men as (X)Nazirites.
Is it not so, O you children of Israel?”
Says the Lord.
12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
And commanded the prophets (Y)saying,
‘Do not prophesy!’
13 “Behold,(Z) I am [c]weighed down by you,
As a cart full of sheaves [d]is weighed down.
14 (AA)Therefore [e]flight shall perish from the swift,
The strong shall not strengthen his power,
(AB)Nor shall the mighty [f]deliver himself;
15 He shall not stand who handles the bow,
The swift of foot shall not [g]escape,
Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
16 The most [h]courageous men of might
Shall flee naked in that day,”
Says the Lord.
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