Amos 2:3-5

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³ I will cut off the ruler from its midst
    and will kill all its officials with him,
            says the Lord.^(A)

⁴ Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Judah,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^[a]
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord
    and have not kept his statutes,
but they have been led astray by the same lies
    after which their ancestors walked.^(B)
5 So I will send a fire on Judah,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.^(C)