Amos 2 — parallel

2:1

The LORD says:

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

2:2

but I will send a fire on Moab,

So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

2:3

and I will cut off the judge from amongst them,

I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.

2:4

The LORD says:

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

2:5

but I will send a fire on Judah,

So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

2:6

The LORD says:

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

2:7

They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

2:8

They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge.

They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house , they drink wine .

2:9

Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,

Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.