Amos 2 NKJV NLT Parallel

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1Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

1This is what the LORD says: “The people of Moab have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They desecrated the bones of Edom’s king, burning them to ashes.

2But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound.

2So I will send down fire on the land of Moab, and all the fortresses in Kerioth will be destroyed. The people will fall in the noise of battle, as the warriors shout and the ram’s horn sounds.

3And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the LORD.

3And I will destroy their king and slaughter all their princes,” says the LORD. God’s Judgment on Judah and Israel

4Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have despised the law of the LORD, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed.

4This is what the LORD says: “The people of Judah have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They have rejected the instruction of the LORD, refusing to obey his decrees. They have been led astray by the same lies that deceived their ancestors.

5But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

5So I will send down fire on Judah, and all the fortresses of Jerusalem will be destroyed.”

6Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals.

6This is what the LORD says: “The people of Israel have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They sell honorable people for silver and poor people for a pair of sandals.

7They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the same girl, To defile My holy name.

7They trample helpless people in the dust and shove the oppressed out of the way. Both father and son sleep with the same woman, corrupting my holy name.

8They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

8At their religious festivals, they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security. In the house of their gods, they drink wine bought with unjust fines.

9“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath.

9“But as my people watched, I destroyed the Amorites, though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed the fruit on their branches and dug out their roots.

10Also it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite.

10It was I who rescued you from Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years, so you could possess the land of the Amorites.

11I raised up some of your sons as prophets, And some of your young men as Nazirites. Is it not so, O you children of Israel?” Says the LORD.

11I chose some of your sons to be prophets and others to be Nazirites. Can you deny this, my people of Israel?” asks the LORD.

12“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’

12“But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!’

13“Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.

13“So I will make you groan like a wagon loaded down with sheaves of grain.

14Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;

14Your fastest runners will not get away. The strongest among you will become weak. Even mighty warriors will be unable to save themselves.

15He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.

15The archers will not stand their ground. The swiftest runners won’t be fast enough to escape. Even those riding horses won’t be able to save themselves.

16The most courageous men of might Shall flee naked in that day,” Says the LORD.

16On that day the most courageous of your fighting men will drop their weapons and run for their lives,” says the LORD.

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