Amos

2 Thus saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Moab, and because of four will I not turn it back,—Because he burned the bones of the King of Edom to lime

2 Therefore will I send a fire into Moab, Which shall devour the palaces of Kerioth,—And Moab shall die with tumult, with war-cry, with the sound of a horn;

3 And I will cut off the judge out of her midst, And all her rulers will I slay with him, Saith Yahweh.

4 Thus saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Judah, and because of four will I not turn it back,—Because they have rejected the law of Yahweh And his statutes have not kept, But their falsehoods have led them astray, after the which their fathers did walk

5 Therefore will I send a fire upon Judah,—Which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

6 Thus saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Israel, and because of four will I not turn it back,—Because they have sold—for silver—the righteous, And the needy—for a pair of shoes:

7 Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the oppressed they pervert,—Yea a man and his own father go in unto the maid, To profane my holy Name!

8 And on pledged garments they recline, beside every altar,—And exacted wine do they drink in the house of their God.

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

10 And it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt,—And led you in the desert forty years, To take possession of the land of the Amorites;

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, And of your young men for Nazirites,—Was it not even so, ye sons of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh;

12 And yet ye caused the Nazirites to drink wine,—And on the prophets laid ye command saying, Ye shall not prophesy!

13 Lo! I am pressed under you,—As a full cart is pressed by its sheaves

14 Therefore shall flight perish from the swift, And the mighty shall not invigorate his strength,—Nor shall the hero escape with his life;

15 Nor he that handleth the bow make a stand, And the swift on his feet shall not escape,—Nor he that rideth on a horse escape with his life:

16 Nay he that is stout in his heart among heroes naked shall flee in that day, Declareth Yahweh.