UST AMOS Chapter 2

2 This is what Yahweh has declared regarding the people of Moab:

“I will punish the people of Moab because of the many sins that they have committed;

I will not change my mind about punishing them,

because they dug up the bones of the king of Edom and burned them completely,

with the result that the ashes became as white as lime.

2 So I will cause a fire to completely burn the fortresses of the city of Kerioth in Moab. People will hear soldiers shouting and blowing trumpets loudly while I am causing Moab to be destroyed. 3 I will destroy the king inside the city, and I will kill all his nobles.

That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!”

4 This is what Yahweh has declared regaring the people of Judah:

“I will punish the people of Judah because of the many sins that they have committed;

I will not change my mind about punishing them,

because they have rejected what I taught them

and they have not obeyed my commands.

They have been deceived and persuaded to worship false gods,

the same gods that their ancestors worshiped.

5 So I will cause a fire to completely burn everything in Judah, including the fortresses in Jerusalem.”

6 This is what Yahweh has declared regarding the people of Israel:

“I will punish the people of Israel because of the many sins that they have committed.

I will not change my mind about punishing them,

because the wealthy landowners and merchants sell into slavery innocent people for a small profit

and poor people for the cheap price of a pair of sandals.

7 It is as though they trample the needy into the dirt

and do not treat the helpless fairly.

Men and their fathers dishonor me by sleeping with the same slave girl.

8 Furthermore, the rich lenders refuse to return to the poor the garments taken as a pledge at the end of the day as commanded in the law. The poor are left with no blankets to sleep with, while the rich lay on those garment pledges beside the altars where they worship their false gods. They buy wine with the interest they charge, and then they drink it in the temples of their false gods. 9 Long ago, to assist your ancestors, I got rid of the Amor people group.

They seemed to be as tall as cedar trees

and as strong as oak trees,

but I got rid of them completely,

as easily as someone cuts off the branches of a tree and then digs out all the roots.

10 I brought your ancestors out of Egypt,

and then I led them through the desert for forty years.

Then I enabled them to conquer the land of the Amorites, Canaan.

11 I chose some of you Israelites to be prophets,

and I chose others to be Nazir who were completely dedicated to me.

You people of Israel certainly know that what I, Yahweh, have declared will happen!

12 But you commanded the prophets to not speak the messages that I gave to them,

and you persuaded the Nazir to drink wine,

which I told them never to do.

13 So I will crush you

as the wheels of a wagon that is loaded with grain crushes whatever it rolls over.

14 Even if you run fast,

you will not escape;

even if you are strong, it will be as though you are weak,

and warriors will be unable to save themselves.

15 Even if you are able to shoot arrows well,

you will not survive;

even if you run fast or if you ride away on a horse,

you will not be able to save yourself.

16 Even warriors who are very brave will drop their weapons

when they try to flee on the day that I get rid of them.”

Yahweh has declared this, so it will certainly happen!

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