Amos 2

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1 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not spare him, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
2 And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid the defeat of the noise, the sound of the pipe.
3 Cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
4 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not spare him, because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his, and their idols, after which their fathers walked in, seduced them astray.
5 I will send fire on Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not spare him, because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor - for a pair of sandals.
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, the meek and the way pervert; man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name.
8 On garments taken in pledge, they lay themselves down by every altar, and wine, [levied] they drink in the house of their god.

9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
10 I brought you up out of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorites.
eleven Of your sons I chose prophets, and of your young men - for Nazarites do not you, O ye children of Israel? Saith the LORD.
12 And ye gave the Nazarites wine and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. '
13 Here, I am pressed under you, as a pressing chariot laden with sheaves -
14 and a prompt will not escape, the strong shall not strengthen his force, and the brave will not save his life,
15 nor the bow shall not stand, neither runner will not escape, nor the horseman will not save his life.
16 And the most courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

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