Amos 2  Holman Christian Standard Bible

I will not relent from punishing Moab^(A)
for three crimes, even four,
because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom to lime.^(B)
2 Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.^(C)
Moab will die with a tumult,^(D)
with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
³ I will cut off the judge^(E) from the land
and kill all its officials^(F) with him.
The Lord has spoken.

I will not relent from punishing Judah^(G)
for three crimes, even four,
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord^(H)
and have not kept His statutes.^(I)
The lies^(J) that their ancestors followed^(K)
have led them astray.
⁵ Therefore, I will send fire^(L) against Judah,
and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

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

⁹ Yet I destroyed the Amorite^(V) as Israel advanced;
his height^(W) was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit^(X) above and his roots beneath.
¹⁰ And I brought you from the land of Egypt^(Y)
and led you 40 years in the wilderness^(Z)
in order to possess the land of the Amorite.^(AA)
11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets^(AB)
and some of your young men as Nazirites.^(AC)
Is this not the case, Israelites?
This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹² But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.”^(AD)
13 Look, I am about to crush^[a] you in your place^(AE)
as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain.
¹⁴ Escape will fail the swift,^(AF)
the strong one will not prevail by his strength,^(AG)
and the brave will not save his life.
¹⁵ The archer will not stand his ground,^(AH)
the one who is swift of foot
will not save himself,
and the one riding a horse will not save his life.^(AI)
16 Even the most courageous of the warriors
will flee naked on that day^(AJ)—
this is the Lord’s declaration.