Amos 2:1-7 ▼

1 This is what the LORD says: |For three transgressions of Moab because they cremated the bones of the king of Edom, burning them to lime.

2 So I will send down fire upon Moab, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in the uproar of battle, with a war cry and with the trumpeting of the ram's horn.

3 I will execute their rulers among them, killing all of their officials as well,| says the LORD.

4 This is what the LORD says: |For three transgressions of Judah —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they rejected the Law of the LORD and did not keep his statutes. Their own lies made them wander off, following along the same path their ancestors walked.

5 So I will send down fire upon Judah, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Jerusalem.|

6 This is what the LORD says: |For three transgressions of Israel —and now for a fourth— I will not turn away; because they sold the righteous for money, and the poor for sandals,

7 moving quickly to rub the face of the needy in the dirt. Corrupting the ways of the humble, a man and his father go to the same woman, deliberately defiling my holy name.