{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/amos/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:47:32.915Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerijoth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And they lay themselves down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink in the house of their God the wine of the condemned."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 2 (DBT)","markdown":"[Amos 2](https://primebible.com/dbt/amos/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/amos/2 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}