Amos 2

1Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;Cross-references: Num 22:1 · Deut 23:4 · 2Ki 3:9 · 2Ki 3:26 · Ps 83:4 · Prov 15:3 · +14 more

2but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;Cross-references: Isa 9:5 · Jer 48:24 · Jer 48:34 · Jer 48:41 · Amos 1:14

3and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.Cross-references: Num 24:17 · Ps 2:10 · Isa 40:23 · Jer 48:7 · Jer 48:25

4Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;Cross-references: Lev 26:14 · Deut 31:16 · Deut 32:15 · Judg 2:11 · Judg 10:6 · 2Sam 12:9 · +41 more

5but I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”Cross-references: Jer 17:27 · Jer 21:10 · Jer 37:8 · Jer 39:8 · Jer 52:13 · Hos 8:14

6Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals;Cross-references: 2Ki 17:7 · 2Ki 18:12 · Isa 5:22 · Isa 29:21 · Ezek 23:5 · Hos 4:1 · +11 more

7They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.Cross-references: Lev 18:8 · Lev 18:15 · Lev 20:3 · 2Sam 12:14 · 1Ki 21:4 · Prov 28:21 · +12 more

8They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.Cross-references: Ex 22:26 · Deut 24:12 · Judg 9:27 · Isa 57:7 · Ezek 18:7 · Ezek 18:12 · +8 more

9Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.Cross-references: Gen 15:16 · Ex 3:8 · Ex 34:11 · Num 13:28 · Num 13:32 · Num 21:23 · +18 more

10Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.Cross-references: Ex 3:8 · Ex 12:51 · Ex 20:2 · Num 14:31 · Deut 1:20 · Deut 1:39 · +14 more

11I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.Cross-references: Num 6:2 · Deut 18:18 · Judg 13:4 · 1Sam 3:20 · 1Sam 19:20 · 1Ki 17:1 · +28 more

12“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’Cross-references: Isa 30:10 · Jer 11:21 · Amos 7:13 · Amos 7:16 · Mic 2:6

13Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.Cross-references: Ps 78:40 · Isa 1:14 · Isa 7:13 · Isa 43:24 · Ezek 6:9 · Ezek 16:43 · +1 more

14Flight will perish from the swift. The strong won’t strengthen his force. The mighty won’t deliver himself.Cross-references: Job 11:20 · Ps 33:16 · Eccl 9:11 · Isa 30:16 · Jer 9:23 · Amos 9:1

15He who handles the bow won’t stand. He who is swift of foot won’t escape. He who rides the horse won’t deliver himself.Cross-references: Ps 33:16 · Ezek 39:3

16He who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says Yahweh.Cross-references: Judg 4:17 · 2Ki 7:8 · Jer 48:41 · Mark 14:52