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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">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch37002" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn37002" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Moab</h2> <p class="pf"><span id="v37002001" class="ver">1</span>Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">For three crimes of Moab, and now four—</p> <p class="sl1">I will not take it back—</p> <p class="sl">Because he burned to ashes<a id="rfn37002001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37002001-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">the bones of Edom’s king,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002002" class="ver">2</span>I will send fire upon Moab,</p> <p class="sl1">and it will devour the strongholds of Kerioth;</p> <p class="sl">Moab shall meet death amid uproar,</p> <p class="sl1">battle cries and blasts of the ram’s horn.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002003" class="ver">3</span>I will cut off the ruler from its midst,</p> <p class="sl1">and all the princes I will slay with him, says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Judah</h2> <p class="paft"><span id="v37002004" class="ver">4</span><a id="rfn37002004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37002004-1">*</a> Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">For three crimes of Judah, and now four—</p> <p class="sl1">I will not take it back—</p> <p class="sl">Because they spurned the instruction of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,<a id="ren37002004-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37002004-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">and did not keep his statutes;</p> <p class="sl">Because the lies<a id="rfn37002004-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37002004-2">*</a> which their ancestors followed</p> <p class="sl1">have led them astray,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002005" class="ver">5</span>I will send fire upon Judah,</p> <p class="sl1">and it will devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Israel</h2> <p class="paft"><span id="v37002006" class="ver">6</span>Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">For three crimes of Israel,<a id="rfn37002006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37002006-1">*</a> and now four—</p> <p class="sl1">I will not take it back—</p> <p class="sl">Because they hand over the just for silver,</p> <p class="sl1">and the poor for a pair of sandals;<a id="ren37002006-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37002006-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002007" class="ver">7</span>They trample the heads of the destitute</p> <p class="sl1">into the dust of the earth,</p> <p class="sl1">and force the lowly out of the way.</p> <p class="sl">Son and father sleep with the same girl,<a id="rfn37002007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37002007-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">profaning my holy name.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002008" class="ver">8</span>Upon garments taken in pledge</p> <p class="sl1">they recline beside any altar.<a id="rfn37002008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37002008-1">*</a> <a id="ren37002008-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37002008-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl">Wine at treasury expense</p> <p class="sl1">they drink in their temples.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002009" class="ver">9</span>Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them,</p> <p class="sl1">who were as tall as cedars,</p> <p class="sl1">and as strong as oak trees.</p> <p class="sl">I destroyed their fruit above</p> <p class="sl1">and their roots beneath.<a id="ren37002009-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37002009-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002010" class="ver">10</span>It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,</p> <p class="sl1">and who led you through the desert for forty years,</p> <p class="sl1">to occupy the land of the Amorites;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002011" class="ver">11</span>I who raised up prophets among your children,</p> <p class="sl1">and nazirites<a id="rfn37002011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37002011-1">*</a> among your young men.</p> <p class="sl">Is this not so, Israelites?—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002012" class="ver">12</span>But you made the nazirites drink wine,</p> <p class="sl1">and commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy!”<a id="ren37002012-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37002012-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002013" class="ver">13</span>Look, I am groaning beneath you,</p> <p class="sl1">as a wagon groans when laden with sheaves.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002014" class="ver">14</span>Flight shall elude the swift,</p> <p class="sl1">and the strong shall not retain strength;<a id="ren37002014-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37002014-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl">The warrior shall not save his life,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v37002015" class="ver">15</span>nor shall the archer stand his ground;</p> <p class="sl">The swift of foot shall not escape,</p> <p class="sl1">nor shall the horseman save his life.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37002016" class="ver">16</span>And the most stouthearted of warriors</p> <p class="sl1">shall flee naked on that day—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" 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