Amos 2:4-16

Christian Standard Bible

I will not relent from punishing Judah^(A)
for three crimes, even four,
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord^(B)
and have not kept his statutes.^(C)
The lies^(D) that their ancestors followed^(E)
have led them astray.
⁵ Therefore, I will send fire^(F) against Judah,
and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

I will not relent from punishing Israel^(G)
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.^(H)
7 They trample the heads of the poor^(I)
on the dust of the ground
and obstruct the path of the needy.^(J)
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,^(K)
profaning my holy name.^(L)
8 They stretch out beside every altar^(M)
on garments taken as collateral,^(N)
and in the house of their God
they drink wine obtained through fines.^(O)

¹² But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.”^(X)
13 Look, I am about to crush^[a] you in your place^(Y)
as a wagon crushes when full of grain.
¹⁴ Escape will fail the swift,^(Z)
the strong one will not maintain his strength,^(AA)
and the warrior will not save his life.
¹⁵ The archer will not stand his ground,^(AB)
the one who is swift of foot
will not save himself,
and the one riding a horse will not save his life.^(AC)
16 Even the most courageous of the warriors
will flee naked on that day^(AD)—