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Amos 2

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Moab ⓐ for three crimes, even four, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. ⓑ

² Therefore, I will send fire against Moab, and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. ⓒ Moab will die with a tumult, ⓓ with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.

³ I will cut off the judge ⓔ from the land and kill all its officials ⓕ with him. The LORD has spoken.

⁴ The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Judah ⓖ for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD ⓗ and have not kept His statutes. ⓘ The lies ⓙ that their ancestors followed ⓚ have led them astray.

⁵ Therefore, I will send fire ⓛ against Judah, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

⁶ The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Israel ⓜ for three crimes, even four, because they sell a righteous person for silver and a needy person for a pair of sandals. ⓝ

⁷ They trample the heads of the poor ⓞ on the dust of the ground and block the path of the needy. ⓟ A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, ⓠ profaning My holy name. ⓡ

⁸ They stretch out beside every altar ⓢ on garments taken as collateral, ⓣ and in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. ⓤ

⁹ Yet I destroyed the Amorite ⓥ as Israel advanced; his height ⓦ was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit ⓧ above and his roots beneath.

¹⁰ And I brought you from the land of Egypt ⓨ and led you 40 years in the wilderness ⓩ in order to possess the land of the Amorite. ⓐ

¹¹ I raised up some of your sons as prophets ⓑ and some of your young men as Nazirites. ⓒ 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.” ⓓ

¹³ Look, I am about to crush [1] you in your place ⓔ as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain.

¹⁴ Escape will fail the swift, ⓕ the strong one will not prevail by his strength, ⓖ and the brave will not save his life.

¹⁵ The archer will not stand his ground, ⓗ the one who is swift of foot will not save himself, and the one riding a horse will not save his life. ⓘ

¹⁶ Even the most courageous of the warriors will flee naked on that day ⓙ — — this is the LORD’s declaration.

#	HCSB
1	The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Moab ⓐ for three crimes, even four, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. ⓑ
2	Therefore, I will send fire against Moab, and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. ⓒ Moab will die with a tumult, ⓓ with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
3	I will cut off the judge ⓔ from the land and kill all its officials ⓕ with him. The LORD has spoken.
4	The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Judah ⓖ for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD ⓗ and have not kept His statutes. ⓘ The lies ⓙ that their ancestors followed ⓚ have led them astray.
5	Therefore, I will send fire ⓛ against Judah, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
6	The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Israel ⓜ for three crimes, even four, because they sell a righteous person for silver and a needy person for a pair of sandals. ⓝ
7	They trample the heads of the poor ⓞ on the dust of the ground and block the path of the needy. ⓟ A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, ⓠ profaning My holy name. ⓡ
8	They stretch out beside every altar ⓢ on garments taken as collateral, ⓣ and in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. ⓤ
9	Yet I destroyed the Amorite ⓥ as Israel advanced; his height ⓦ was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit ⓧ above and his roots beneath.
10	And I brought you from the land of Egypt ⓨ and led you 40 years in the wilderness ⓩ in order to possess the land of the Amorite. ⓐ
11	I raised up some of your sons as prophets ⓑ and some of your young men as Nazirites. ⓒ 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.” ⓓ
13	Look, I am about to crush [1] you in your place ⓔ as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain.
14	Escape will fail the swift, ⓕ the strong one will not prevail by his strength, ⓖ and the brave will not save his life.
15	The archer will not stand his ground, ⓗ the one who is swift of foot will not save himself, and the one riding a horse will not save his life. ⓘ
16	Even the most courageous of the warriors will flee naked on that day ⓙ — — this is the LORD’s declaration.

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^{Amos 2:2 [6]} Or of her cities

^{Amos 2:4 [7]} Or by lies

^{Amos 2:4 [8]} Or lies

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