Amos 2:6-16 ▼

6 Thus said YHWH: “For three transgressions of Israel, || And for four, I do not reverse it, || Because of their selling the righteous for silver, || And the needy for a pair of sandals.

7 Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, || And the way of the humble they turn aside, || And a man and his father go to the girl, || So as to defile My holy Name.

8 And they stretch themselves on pledged garments near every altar, || And the wine of fined ones they drink [in] the house of their gods.

9 And I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, || Whose height [is] as the height of cedars, || And he [is] strong as the oaks, || And I destroy his fruit from above, || And his roots from beneath.

10 And I have brought you up from the land of Egypt, || And cause you to go in a wilderness forty years, || To possess the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raise of your sons for prophets, || And of your choice ones for Nazarites, || Is this not true, O sons of Israel?” A declaration of YHWH.

12 “And you cause the Nazarites to drink wine, || And on the prophets you have laid a charge, || Saying, Do not prophesy!

13 Behold, I am pressing you under, || As the full cart presses a sheaf for itself.

14 And refuge has perished from the swift, || And the strong does not strengthens his power, || And the mighty does not deliver his soul.

15 And the handler of the bow does not stand, || And the swift does not deliver [himself] with his feet, || And the rider of the horse does not deliver his soul.

16 And the courageous of heart among the mighty, || Flees naked in that day,” || A declaration of YHWH!