Amos 2; Amos 3:1-8

1 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Mo'av, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

2 But I will send a fire on Mo'av, And it will devour the palaces of Keriyot; And Mo'av will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the shofar;

3 And I will cut off the judge from their midst, And will kill all its princes with him," says the LORD.

4 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Yehudah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have rejected the law of the LORD, And have not kept his statutes, And their lies have led them astray, After which their fathers walked;

5 But I will send a fire on Yehudah, And it will devour the palaces of Yerushalayim."

6 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Yisra'el, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;

7 They trample on the dust of the eretz on the head of the poor, And deny justice to the oppressed; And a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

8 And they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

9 Yet I destroyed the Amori before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Mitzrayim, And led you forty years in the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amori.

11 I raised up some of your sons for prophets, And some of your young men for Nazirim. Isn't this true, You children of Yisra'el?" says the LORD.

12 "But you gave the Nazirim wine to drink, And commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'

13 Behold, I will crush you in your place, As a cart crushes that is full of grain.

14 Flight will perish from the swift; And the strong won't strengthen his force; Neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

15 Neither shall he stand who handles the bow; And he who is swift of foot won't escape; Neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

16 And he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked in that day," says the LORD.

1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Yisra'el, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Mitzrayim, saying:

2 "You only have I chosen of all the families of the eretz. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."

3 Do two walk together, Unless they have agreed?

4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, When he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, If he has caught nothing?

5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the eretz, Where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, When there is nothing to catch?

6 Does the shofar alarm sound in a city, Without the people being afraid? Does evil befall a city, And the LORD hasn't done it?

7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, Unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

8 The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?