對摩押的審判

耶和華說:
「摩押人三番四次地犯罪,
我必不收回對他們的懲罰,
因為他們把以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。
所以我要降火在摩押,
燒毀加略的城堡。
摩押要在戰爭的喧囂、吶喊和號角聲中滅亡。
我要剷除摩押的君王,
殺死那裡所有的首領。
這是耶和華說的。」

對猶大的審判

耶和華說:
「猶大人三番四次地犯罪,
我必不收回對他們的懲罰,
因為他們厭棄耶和華的訓誨,
不遵守我的律例。
他們祖先祭拜的偶像使他們走入歧途。
所以我要降火在猶大,
燒毀耶路撒冷的城堡。」

對以色列的審判

耶和華說:
「以色列人三番四次地犯罪,
我必不收回對他們的懲罰,
因為他們為了銀子賣掉義人,
為了一雙鞋子賣掉窮人。
他們踐踏窮人如同踐踏地上的塵土,
使卑微的人無處伸冤;
父子同淫一女,褻瀆我的聖名。
在每座祭壇旁邊,
他們把窮人典當的衣服鋪開,躺在上面,
又在上帝的殿裡喝剝削來的酒。

「以色列人啊,
我在你們面前消滅了亞摩利人。
雖然他們像香柏樹那樣高大,
如橡樹那樣強壯,
但我滅盡了他們的果子,
砍斷了他們的根。
10 我帶領你們離開埃及,
在曠野引導你們四十年,
使你們得到亞摩利人的土地。
11 我從你們的子孫中揀選先知,
從你們的青年中揀選拿細耳人[a]
以色列人啊,難道不是這樣嗎?
這是耶和華說的。
12 可是,你們迫使拿細耳人喝酒,
禁止先知傳達我的話。
13 看啊,我要壓碎你們,
如滿載穀物的車軋過一樣。
14 快捷的無法逃遁,
強壯的無力可施,
勇猛的救不了自己,
15 拉弓的站立不住,
腿快的無法逃脫,
騎馬的救不了自己。
16 到那日,
最勇猛的戰士也要丟盔棄甲,倉皇逃命。
這是耶和華說的。

Footnotes

  1. 2·11 拿細耳人的詳情參見民數記6·1-8

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Moab,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes(B)
    the bones of Edom’s king,
I will send fire on Moab
    that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.[a](C)
Moab will go down in great tumult
    amid war cries(D) and the blast of the trumpet.(E)
I will destroy her ruler(F)
    and kill all her officials with him,”(G)
says the Lord.(H)

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Judah,(I)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law(J) of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,(K)
because they have been led astray(L) by false gods,[b](M)
    the gods[c] their ancestors followed,(N)
I will send fire(O) on Judah
    that will consume the fortresses(P) of Jerusalem.(Q)

Judgment on Israel

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Israel,
    even for four, I will not relent.(R)
They sell the innocent for silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals.(S)
They trample on the heads of the poor
    as on the dust of the ground
    and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
    and so profane my holy name.(T)
They lie down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge.(U)
In the house of their god
    they drink wine(V) taken as fines.(W)

“Yet I destroyed the Amorites(X) before them,
    though they were tall(Y) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.(Z)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots(AA) below.
10 I brought you up out of Egypt(AB)
    and led(AC) you forty years in the wilderness(AD)
    to give you the land of the Amorites.(AE)

11 “I also raised up prophets(AF) from among your children
    and Nazirites(AG) from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine
    and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.(AH)

13 “Now then, I will crush you
    as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.(AI)
14 The swift will not escape,(AJ)
    the strong(AK) will not muster their strength,
    and the warrior will not save his life.(AL)
15 The archer(AM) will not stand his ground,
    the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
    and the horseman(AN) will not save his life.(AO)
16 Even the bravest warriors(AP)
    will flee naked on that day,”
declares the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:2 Or of her cities
  2. Amos 2:4 Or by lies
  3. Amos 2:4 Or lies

Thus says the Lord:

(A)“For three transgressions of (B)Moab,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because (C)he burned to lime
    the bones of the king of Edom.
So I will send a fire upon Moab,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of (D)Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
    amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
(E)I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
    and will kill (F)all its princes[b] with him,”
says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

Thus says the Lord:

(G)“For three transgressions of Judah,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (H)they have rejected the law of the Lord,
    and have not kept his statutes,
but (I)their lies have led them astray,
    those after which their fathers walked.
So (J)I will send a fire upon Judah,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”

Judgment on Israel

Thus says the Lord:

(K)“For three transgressions of Israel,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (L)they sell the righteous for (M)silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals—
those who trample the head of the poor (N)into the dust of the earth
    and (O)turn aside the way of the afflicted;
(P)a man and his father go in to the same girl,
    so that my holy name is profaned;
they lay themselves down beside every altar
    on garments (Q)taken in pledge,
and in the house of their God they drink
    the wine of those who have been fined.

“Yet (R)it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
    (S)whose height was like the height of the cedars
    and who was as strong as the oaks;
(T)I destroyed his fruit above
    and his roots beneath.
10 (U)Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
    (V)and led you forty years in the wilderness,
    (W)to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
    and some of your young men for (X)Nazirites.
    Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.

12 “But you made the Nazirites (Y)drink wine,
    and commanded the prophets,
    saying, (Z)‘You shall not prophesy.’

13 “Behold, I will press you down in your place,
    as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
14 (AA)Flight shall perish from the swift,
    (AB)and the strong shall not retain his strength,
    (AC)nor shall the mighty save his life;
15 he who handles the bow shall not stand,
    and he who is (AD)swift of foot shall not save himself,
    (AE)nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
16 and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
    shall flee away naked in that day,”
declares the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:1 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6
  2. Amos 2:3 Or officials