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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Amos 2 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/amos/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/amos/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Amos 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../amos/1.htm" title="Amos 1">◄</a> Amos 2 <a href="../amos/3.htm" title="Amos 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/amos/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">A Warning to Moab</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says:</p> <p class="poetry2">“For three transgressions of Moab</p> <p class="poetry2">because they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:1 Lit. he; i.e. the nation personified as an individual">a</a></span> cremated the bones of the king of Edom,</p> <p class="poetry2">burning them<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:1 The Heb. lacks burning them">b</a></span> to lime.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So I will send down fire upon Moab,</p> <p class="poetry2">and it will devour the fortified citadels of Kerioth.</p> <p class="poetry2">Moab will die in the uproar of battle,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:2 The Heb. lacks of battle">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">with a war cry</p> <p class="poetry2">and with the trumpeting of the ram’s horn.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I will execute their rulers among them,</p> <p class="poetry2">killing all of their officials as well,”</p> <p class="poetry2">says the LORD.</p> <p class="heading">A Warning to Judah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“For three transgressions of Judah</p> <p class="poetry2">—and now for a fourth—</p> <p class="poetry2">I will not turn away;</p> <p class="poetry2">because they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:4 Lit. he; i.e. the nation personified as an individual">d</a></span> rejected the Law of the LORD</p> <p class="poetry2">and did not keep his statutes.</p> <p class="poetry2">Their own lies made them wander off,</p> <p class="poetry2">following along the same path their ancestors walked.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So I will send down fire upon Judah,</p> <p class="poetry2">and it will devour the fortified citadels of Jerusalem.”</p> <p class="heading">A Warning to Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“For three transgressions of Israel</p> <p class="poetry2">—and now for a fourth—</p> <p class="poetry2">I will not turn away;</p> <p class="poetry2">because they sold the righteous for money,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the poor for sandals,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>moving quickly<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:7 Lit. They chase">e</a></span> to rub the face<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:7 Lit. head">f</a></span> of the needy in the dirt.</p> <p class="poetry2">Corrupting<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:7 Lit. turning aside">g</a></span> the ways of the humble,</p> <p class="poetry2">a man and his father go to the same woman,</p> <p class="poetry2">deliberately defiling my holy name.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They lay down beside every altar,</p> <p class="poetry2">on garments pledged as collateral,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:8 i.e. violating Deut 24:10-13 in addition to idolatry">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">drinking wine paid for through fines</p> <p class="poetry2">imposed by the temple of their gods.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them,</p> <p class="poetry2">though their height seemed like a cedar,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:9 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">though their strength seemed like an oak,</p> <p class="poetry2">but whose fruit I destroyed from above</p> <p class="poetry2">and the roots from beneath.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Furthermore, I brought you up from the land of Egypt,</p> <p class="poetry2">leading you in the wilderness for 40 years,</p> <p class="poetry2">to take possession of the land of the Amorites.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I also raised up your sons to be prophets,</p> <p class="poetry2">and from your young men I raised up Nazirites.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:11 i.e. men who make a special vow with God (cf. Num 6:1-21)">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Is this not true, people of Israel?”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine,</p> <p class="poetry2">and commanded the prophets,</p> <p class="poetry2">‘You are not to prophesy!’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Oh, how I am burdened down with you,</p> <p class="poetry2">as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the swift runner will not escape,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:14 Lit. So flight will escape the swift runner">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">the valiant will not fortify his strength,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the mighty warrior will not save his life.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The skilled archer will not be able to stand,</p> <p class="poetry2">the swift runner will not survive,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the mounted rider will not preserve his own life.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Even the bravest of elite troops will run away naked at that time,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 2:1 Lit. <i>he</i>; i.e. the nation personified as an individual<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 2:1 The Heb. lacks <i>burning them</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 2:2 The Heb. lacks <i>of battle</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 2:4 Lit. <i>he</i>; i.e. the nation personified as an individual<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 2:7 Lit. <i>They chase</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 2:7 Lit. <i>head</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 2:7 Lit. <i>turning aside</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 2:8 i.e. violating Deut 24:10-13 in addition to idolatry<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 2:9 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family <i>Pinaceae</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 2:11 i.e. men who make a special vow with God (cf. 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