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Amos, Chapter 2

¹ Thus says the LORD, “For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not^arevoke its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.	1 Isa 15:1-16 Isa 25:10-12 Jer 48:1-47 Eze 25:8-11 Zep 2:8 Zep 2:9 Ki2 3:26 Ki2 3:27
² “So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid tumult, With^b Or shoutswar cries and the sound of a trumpet.	2 Jer 48:24 Jer 48:41 Jer 48:45
³ “I will also cut off the^c Or executive officerjudge from her midst And slay all her princes with him,” says the LORD.	3 Psa 2:10 Psa 141:6 Amo 5:7 Amo 5:12 Amo 6:12 Job 12:21 Isa 40:23
⁴ 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^d Or false godslies also have led them astray, Those after which their fathers walked.	4 Ki2 17:19 Hos 12:2 Amo 3:2 Jdg 2:17-20 Ki2 22:11-17 Jer 6:19 Jer 8:9 Isa 9:15 Isa 9:16 Isa 28:15 Jer 16:19 Hab 2:18 Jer 9:14 Jer 16:11 Jer 16:12 Eze 20:18 Eze 20:24 Eze 20:30
⁵ “So I will send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”	5 Jer 17:27 Jer 21:10 Hos 8:14
⁶ 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.	6 Ki2 18:11 Ki2 18:12 Joe 3:3 Amo 5:11 Amo 5:12 Amo 8:6
⁷ “These who^epant 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^f Lit goresort to the same^ggirl In order to profane My holy name.	7 Amo 8:4 Mic 2:2 Mic 2:9 Amo 5:12 Hos 4:14
⁸ “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.	8 Exo 22:26 Amo 3:14 Amo 4:1 Amo 6:6
⁹ “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, ^h Lit Whose heightThough 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.	9 Num 21:23-25 Jos 10:12 Num 13:32 Eze 17:9 Mal 4:1
¹⁰ “It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years ⁱ Lit To possessThat you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.	10 Exo 12:51 Exo 20:2 Amo 3:1 Amo 9:7 Deu 2:7 Exo 3:8
¹¹ “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.	11 Deu 18:18 Jer 7:25 Num 6:2 Num 6:3 Jdg 13:5
¹² “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’	12 Isa 30:10 Jer 11:21 Amo 7:13 Amo 7:16 Mic 2:6
¹³ “Behold, I am^j Or totteringweighted down beneath you As a wagon^k Or tottersis weighted down when filled with sheaves.	13 Isa 1:14
¹⁴ “^l Or A place of refugeFlight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his^m Lit soullife.	14 Isa 30:16 Isa 30:17 Psa 33:16 Jer 9:23
¹⁵ “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 hisⁿ Lit soullife.	15 Jer 51:56 Eze 39:3 Isa 31:3
¹⁶ “Even the^o Lit stout of heartbravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day,” declares the LORD.	16 Jdg 4:17


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