Amos 2章 ESV | 微讀聖經

1Thus says the Lord:

2:1 [See ch. 1:3above] “For three transgressions of 2:1 Zeph. 2:8, 9; See Isa. 15Moab,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,2:1 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6

because 2:1 [See ch. 1:3above] he burned to lime

the bones of the king of Edom.

2So I will send a fire upon Moab,

and it shall devour the strongholds of 2:2 Jer. 48:24, 41Kerioth,

and Moab shall die amid uproar,

amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;

32:3 [Jer. 48:7]I will cut off the ruler from its midst,

and will kill 2:3 [Jer. 48:7]all its princes2:3 Or officials with him,”

says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

4Thus says the Lord:

2:4 See ch. 1:3“For three transgressions of Judah,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because 2:4 Lev. 26:14, 15; Neh. 1:7; Ezek. 20:13, 16, 24; [Dan. 9:11] they have rejected the law of the Lord,

and have not kept his statutes,

but 2:4 Jer. 16:19, 20; Rom. 1:25their lies have led them astray,

those after which their fathers walked.

5So 2:5 Jer. 17:27; Hos. 8:14I will send a fire upon Judah,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”

Judgment on Israel

6Thus says the Lord:

2:6 [See ver. 4above] “For three transgressions of Israel,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because 2:6 [Lev. 25:39; 2 Kgs. 4:1] they sell the righteous for 2:6 ch. 8:6silver,

and the needy for a pair of sandals—

7those who trample the head of the poor 2:7 Lam. 2:10into the dust of the earth

and 2:7 ch. 5:12; Job 24:4; Isa. 10:2turn aside the way of the afflicted;

2:7 [1 Cor. 5:1]; See Ezek. 22:11a man and his father go in to the same girl,

so that my holy name is profaned;

8they lay themselves down beside every altar

on garments 2:8 See Ex. 22:26taken in pledge,

and in the house of their God they drink

the wine of those who have been fined.

9“Yet 2:9 Deut. 2:31; Josh. 24:8; See Num. 21:21-25it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,

2:9 [Num. 13:32, 33; Isa. 10:33] whose height was like the height of the cedars

and who was as strong as the oaks;

2:9 [Job 18:16]I destroyed his fruit above

and his roots beneath.

102:10 ch. 3:1; Ex. 12:17, 51Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt

2:10 See Deut. 8:2and led you forty years in the wilderness,

2:10 [See ver. 9above]to possess the land of the Amorite.

11And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,

and some of your young men for 2:11 Num. 6:2Nazirites.

Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”

declares the Lord.

12“But you made the Nazirites 2:12 [Num. 6:3] drink wine,

and commanded the prophets,

saying, 2:12 ch. 7:13, 16; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 2:6‘You shall not prophesy.’

13“Behold, I will press you down in your place,

as a cart full of sheaves presses down.

142:14 [ch. 9:1; Eccles. 9:11] Flight shall perish from the swift,

2:14 [ch. 9:1; Eccles. 9:11] and the strong shall not retain his strength,

2:14 [Ps. 33:16]nor shall the mighty save his life;

15he who handles the bow shall not stand,

and he who is 2:15 [2 Sam. 2:18] swift of foot shall not save himself,

2:15 [Ps. 33:17]nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;

16and he who is stout of heart among the mighty

shall flee away naked in that day,”

declares the Lord.

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