Amos

Amos 2 ©

1 God's judgments upon Moab, 4 upon Judah, 6 and upon Israel. 9 God complaineth of Israel's ingratitude for past kindnesses, and threateneth them for it.

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THUS saith the LORD; aFor three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; bbecause he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

a ch. 1.3,6,9,11,13. v.4,6. Ps. 83.4,7. Je. 48.27-30. Eze. 25.8. Zep. 2.8,10.
b 2Ki. 3.27.
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cBut I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die dwith tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

c ch. 1.4,6,10,12,14. De. 32.22. Ps. 83.7-17. Is. 15; 16; 25.10. Je. 48. Eze. 25.8-11. Zep. 2.8-10. Is. 11.14.
d Je. 48.15. Is. 9.5.
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And I will cut off the ejudge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

e Nu. 24.17. 2Ki. 1.1. Je. 48.7,11.
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¶Thus saith the LORD; fFor three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have gdespised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their hlies caused them to err, iafter the which their fathers have walked:

f ch. 3.2. De. 31.16,17; 32.15-27. Le. 26. De. 28.ch. 1.3.
g Ex. 20-22. Le. 1-22. Nu. 5; 6; 15; 18; 19; 28; 29. De. 4-27.
h Ho. 7.3,13; 11.12; 10.13; 2.4. Hab. 2.18. Is. 28.15. Je. 16.19,20. Ro. 1.25. Re. 22.15; 21.8.
i Ju. 2.11-17; 10.6. Eze. 20.18,30.
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But I jwill send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

j 2Ch. 28.18. De. 32.22-27. Je. 25.9; 21.10; 52.13.
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¶Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because kthey sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

k ch. 8.6; 5.11,12. 2Ch. 19.7. Le. 25.39.
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lThat pant after mthe dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: nand a man and his father will go in unto the same 1maid, oto profane my holy name:

l ch. 4.1; 5.11,12. Mi. 2.2; 3.1-3; 7.3. Zep. 3.3. 1Ki. 21.4.
m La. 2.10.
n 1Co. 5.1. Eze. 22.11. Le. 18.8,15.
o Le. 20.3. 2Sa. 12.14. Ro. 2.24. Ja. 2.7.
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And they lay themselves down upon pclothes laid to pledge qby every altar, and they drink the wine of 2the condemned in the house of their god.

p Ex. 22.26. Eze. 18.7.
q 1Co. 10.21; 8.10. Is. 57.7. Eze. 23.41.
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¶Yet rdestroyed I the sAmorite before them, whose theight was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed uhis fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

r Nu. 21.21-25.
s Nu. 21.24. De. 2.32. Jos. 24.8. Ge. 15.19-21. Ex. 3.8; 23.25; 34.11.
t Nu. 13.28,32,33. Ps. 33.16. De. 3.11.
u Job 18.16. Is. 5.24. Mal. 4.1.
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Also vI brought you up from the land of Egypt, and wled you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

v Ex. 12.51. Mi. 6.4. Je. 32.20,21; 2.6. ch. 3.1.
w De. 2.7; 8.2-4. Ne. 9.12-21. Is. 63.13.
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And xI raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for yNazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

x Ps. 147.19,20. 2Ch. 36.15. 2Ki. 17.13. 1Sa. 3.20; 19.20. 2Ki.2.2,3,5; 6.1.
y Nu. 6.2,5. Ju. 13.5. La. 4.7.
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But ye gave the Nazarites zwine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, aProphesy not.

a ch. 7.12,13. Is. 30.10. Je. 11.21. Mi. 2.6.
z Nu. 6.3. Ju. 13.7.
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bBehold, 3I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

b Is. 43.24. Eze. 6.9; 16.43. Mal. 2.17. Is. 1.7.
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Therefore cthe flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver 4himself:

c ch. 9.1-4. Is. 30.16. Ps. 76.5. Ec. 9.11. Ps. 33.16,17.
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Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself : neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

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And dhe that is 5courageous among the mighty shall flee away enaked in that day, saith the LORD.

d Is. 13.8; 15.4. Je. 47.3; 48.41.
e Ju. 4.17. Mi. 1.8. Is. 20.2.