This is what the Lord says:

‘For three sins of Judah,
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,
because they have been led astray by false gods,[a]
    the gods[b] their ancestors followed,
I will send fire on Judah
    that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.’

Judgment on Israel

This is what the Lord says:

‘For three sins of Israel,
    even for four, I will not relent.
They sell the innocent for silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:4 Or by lies
  2. Amos 2:4 Or lies