Amos 2

Judgment on Israel's Neighbors

1 Thus says the Lord:
k "For three transgressions of j Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, 1
because k he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
 2 So I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of l Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
 3 m I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill m all its princes 2 with him,"
says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

4 Thus says the Lord:
n "For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because o they have rejected the law of the Lord,
and have not kept his statutes,
but p their lies have led them astray,
those after which their fathers walked.
 5 So q I will send a fire upon Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."

Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says the Lord:
n "For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because r they sell the righteous for s silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals -
7 those who trample the head of the poor t into the dust of the earth
and u turn aside the way of the afflicted;
v a man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
 8 they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments w taken in pledge,
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.

9 "Yet x it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
y whose height was like the height of the cedars
and who was as strong as the oaks;
z I destroyed his fruit above
and his roots beneath.
 10 a Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
b and led you forty years in the wilderness,
x to possess the land of the Amorite.
 11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for c Nazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?"
declares the Lord.

12 "But you made the Nazirites d drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, e 'You shall not prophesy.'

13 "Behold, I will press you down in your place,
as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
 14 f Flight shall perish from the swift,
f and the strong shall not retain his strength,
g nor shall the mighty save his life;
 15 he who handles the bow shall not stand,
and he who is h swift of foot shall not save himself,
i nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
 16 and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked in that day,"
declares the Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Amos 1:3
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
  2. Cross References
    Zephaniah 2:8 - 9
    I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
    Isaiah 15:1
    An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 3:27
    Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel. And they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:24
    And Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
    Jeremiah 48:41
    The cities shall be taken and the strongholds seized. The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:7
    For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:7
    For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials.
  7. Cross References
    Amos 1:3
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:14 - 15
    But if you will not listen to me and will not d...
    Nehemiah 1:7
    We have acted very corruptly against you and ha...
    Ezekiel 20:13
    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in ...
    Ezekiel 20:16
    Because they rejected my rules and did not walk...
    Ezekiel 20:24
    Because they had not obeyed my rules, but had r...
    Daniel 9:11
    All Israel has transgressed your law and turned...
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 16:19 - 20
    O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: "Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
    Romans 1:25
    Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:27
    But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'
    Hosea 8:14
    For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.
  11. Cross References
    Amos 2:4
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:39
    If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
    2 Kings 4:1
    Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.
  13. Cross References
    Amos 8:6
    That we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?
  14. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:10
    The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  15. Cross References
    Amos 5:12
    For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins - you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
    Job 24:4
    They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
    Isaiah 10:2
    To turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
  16. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 5:1
    It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.
    Ezekiel 22:11
    One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 22:26
    If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:31
    And the Lord said to me, 'Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.
    Joshua 24:8
    Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.
    Numbers 21:21 - 25
    Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying.
  19. Cross References
    Numbers 13:32 - 33
    So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height.
    Isaiah 10:33
    Behold, the Lord God of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.
  20. Cross References
    Job 18:16
    His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.
  21. Cross References
    Amos 3:1
    Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
    Exodus 12:17
    And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever.
    Exodus 12:51
    And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
  22. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 8:2
    And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
  23. Cross References
    Amos 2:9
    Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
  24. Cross References
    Numbers 6:2
    Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord.
  25. Cross References
    Numbers 6:3
    He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried.
  26. Cross References
    Amos 7:13
    But never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.
    Amos 7:16
    Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. "You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.
    Isaiah 30:10
    Who say to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions.
    Micah 2:6
    "Do not preach" - thus they preach - "one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us."
  27. Cross References
    Amos 9:1
    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: "Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away; not one of them shall escape.
    Ecclesiastes 9:11
    Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
  28. Cross References
    Amos 9:1
    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: "Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away; not one of them shall escape.
    Ecclesiastes 9:11
    Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 33:16
    The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
  30. Cross References
    2 Samuel 2:18
    And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.
  31. Cross References
    Psalms 33:17
    The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
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