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Amos 2

2 This is what Yahweh says: “The people of Moab have sinned again and again,

so I will certainly punish them and will not change my mind about it, because they burned the bones of the king of Edom until only lime remained. 2 So I will send a fire to destroy the nation of Moab,

and it will burn down the fortresses of the city of Kirioth. Many people of Moab will die while soldiers shout, blow trumpets, and destroy Moab. 3 I will get rid of the ruler of Moab, and I will kill all of Moab’s leaders along with him. That is what I, Yahweh, say.”

4 This is what Yahweh says: “The people of Judah have sinned again and again, so I will certainly punish them and will not change my mind about it, because they have rejected the instructions that I, Yahweh, gave them, and they have not obeyed my commands. The false gods that they worship have deceived them, the same false gods that their ancestors chose to worship. 5 So I will send a fire to destroy the nation of Judah, and it will completely burn down the fortresses of the city of Jerusalem.”

6 This is what Yahweh says: “The people of Israel have sinned again and again, so I will certainly punish them and will not change my mind about it, because they sell good people in order to get silver, and they sell needy people to get a pair of sandals. 7 They oppress poor people as though they are crushing them into the dirt, and they are unjust to people who are suffering. A man and his father both have sexual relations with the same servant girl, and so they dishonor me, the holy God. 8 They take the cloaks from poor people as a guarantee that those people would repay what they had borrowed. Then, instead of returning them at the end of the day, they lie down on them beside the altars where they worship. They force people to pay fines to them, and then use the money to buy wine that they drink in the temple of their God.

9 But I am the one who destroyed the Amorite people group on behalf of your ancestors, even though those people were very tall like cedar trees and very strong like oak trees. I destroyed them completely. 10 I am the one who brought you Israelite people from being slaves in the land of Egypt, and then I led your ancestors through the wilderness for forty years, in order that I could give you the land of the Amorite people as your own. 11 Over the years, I chose some of your young men to become prophets, and others to be Nazirites. You Israelite people certainly know that this is true! This is what I, Yahweh, declare. 12 But you forced those dedicated men to drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Do not tell people the messages that Yahweh gives you!’

13 So now I will crush you, just as a cart loaded with grain crushes whatever it rolls over. 14 At that time, even people who can run fast will not be able to escape, and even strong people will not be able to use their strength to save themselves, and warriors will not be able to rescue themselves. 15 Those who shoot arrows will not be able to stand and fight, and those who can run fast will not be able to escape, and those who ride horses will not be able to save themselves. 16 At that time, even the bravest warriors will throw down their weapons and run away without them. That is what I, Yahweh, declare.”

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