{"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/web/amos/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:21:13.405Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Thus says Yahweh: |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;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"but 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;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him,| says Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thus says Yahweh: |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;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thus says Yahweh: |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 shoes;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Yet 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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Also 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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I 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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"|But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,| says Yahweh."}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 2 (WEB)","markdown":"[Amos 2](https://primebible.com/web/amos/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/amos/2 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}