Amos 2

New Catholic Bible

For three crimes of Moab, and for four,
    I will not revoke my decree.
Because they incinerated to ashes
    the bones of the king of Edom,^[a]
2 I will send down fire on Moab
    to devour the palaces of Kerioth.
Moab will perish amid the uproar,
    amid war cries and the sound of trumpets.
³ I will destroy its rulers
    and slaughter all of his officials with him.

For three crimes of Judah, and for four,
    I will not revoke my decree.
Because they have spurned the law of the Lord
    and have not observed his statutes,
having been led astray
    by the lies which their fathers followed,
⁵ I will send fire down on Judah
    to devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

For three crimes of Israel, and for four,
    I will not revoke my decree.
They sell righteous people for silver
    and the poor for a pair of sandals.
⁷ They have trampled the heads of the poor
    into the dust of the earth
    and thrust the lowly out of their way.
Father and son lie with the same prostitute,
    profaning my holy name.
⁸ They lie down beside every altar
    upon garments acquired as surety,^[b]
while drinking in the house of their God
    the wine purchased with the fines they impose.
⁹ Yet I was the one
    who destroyed the Amorites^[c] before them;
they were as tall as the cedars
    and as strong as the oaks.
I was the one
    who destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots below.
¹⁰ I was the one
    who brought you up from the land of Egypt
and for forty years led you through the desert
    to take possession of the land of the Amorites.
¹¹ I was the one
    who raised up some of your sons to be prophets
    and some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Is this not indeed true, O Israelites?
    says the Lord.
¹² But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine
    and commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy!”
¹³ Therefore, I will crush you
    just as a cart crushes when it is fully laden.
¹⁴ The swift will be unable to take flight;
    the strong man will not retain his strength,
    and the warrior will be unable to save his life.
¹⁵ The archer will not stand his ground;
    the swift of foot will not escape,
    nor will the horseman save his life.
¹⁶ Even the bravest of warriors
    will flee away naked on that day,
    says the Lord.