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Amos Chapter 2 (NKJV Bible)

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¹ Thus says the LORD: [1†]“For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he [2†]burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

² But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of [3†]Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound.

³ And I will cut off [4†]the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the LORD.

⁴ Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of [5†]Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, [6†]Because they have despised the law of the LORD, And have not kept His commandments. [7†]Their lies lead them astray, Lies [8†]which their fathers followed.

⁵ [9†]But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

⁶ Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of [10†]Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because [11†]they sell the righteous for silver, And the [12†]poor for a pair of sandals.

⁷ They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And [13†]pervert the way of the humble. [14†]A man and his father go in to the same girl, [15†]To defile My holy name.

⁸ They lie down [16†]by every altar on clothes [17†]taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

⁹ “Yet it was I who destroyed the [18†]Amorite before them, Whose height was like the [19†]height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I [20†]destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath.

¹⁰ Also it was [21†]I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And [22†]led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite.

¹¹ I raised up some of your sons as [23†]prophets, And some of your young men as [24†]Nazirites. Is it not so, O you children of Israel?” Says the LORD.

¹² “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets [25†]saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’

¹³ “Behold, [26†] I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.

¹⁴ [27†]Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, [28†]Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;

¹⁵ He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.

¹⁶ The most courageous men of might Shall flee naked in that day,” Says the LORD.

#	NKJV Bible
1	Thus says the LORD: [1†]“For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he [2†]burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
2	But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of [3†]Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound.
3	And I will cut off [4†]the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the LORD.
4	Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of [5†]Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, [6†]Because they have despised the law of the LORD, And have not kept His commandments. [7†]Their lies lead them astray, Lies [8†]which their fathers followed.
5	[9†]But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
6	Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of [10†]Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because [11†]they sell the righteous for silver, And the [12†]poor for a pair of sandals.
7	They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And [13†]pervert the way of the humble. [14†]A man and his father go in to the same girl, [15†]To defile My holy name.
8	They lie down [16†]by every altar on clothes [17†]taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9	“Yet it was I who destroyed the [18†]Amorite before them, Whose height was like the [19†]height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I [20†]destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath.
10	Also it was [21†]I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And [22†]led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite.
11	I raised up some of your sons as [23†]prophets, And some of your young men as [24†]Nazirites. Is it not so, O you children of Israel?” Says the LORD.
12	“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets [25†]saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’
13	“Behold, [26†] I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.
14	[27†]Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, [28†]Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;
15	He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
16	The most courageous men of might Shall flee naked in that day,” Says the LORD.