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Judgment
on Judah and Israel |
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Amos 2:1
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Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions
of Moab and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom to lime. |
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Amos 2:2
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"So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume
the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid tumult, With war cries and the
sound of a trumpet. |
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Amos 2:3
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"I will also cut off the judge from her midst
And slay all her princes with him," says the LORD. |
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Amos 2:4
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Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions
of Judah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they rejected
the law of the LORD And have not kept His statutes; Their lies also have led them
astray, Those after which their fathers walked. |
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Amos 2:5
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"So I will send fire upon Judah And it will
consume the citadels of Jerusalem." |
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Amos 2:6
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Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions
of Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the
righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals. |
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Amos 2:7
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"These who pant after the very dust of the earth
on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and
his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name. |
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Amos 2:8
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"On garments taken as pledges they stretch out
beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those
who have been fined. |
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Amos 2:9
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"Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before
them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the
oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. |
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Amos 2:10
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"It was I who brought you up from the land of
Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years That you might take possession
of the land of the Amorite. |
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Amos 2:11
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"Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets
And some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?"
declares the LORD. |
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Amos 2:12
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"But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And
you commanded the prophets saying, 'You shall not prophesy!' |
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Amos 2:13
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"Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a
wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves. |
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Amos 2:14
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"Flight will perish from the swift, And the
stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his life. |
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Amos 2:15
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"He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground,
The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse save his life. |
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Amos 2:16
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"Even the bravest among the warriors will flee
naked in that day," declares the LORD. |
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