English Bible Presentation Sharing - Amos Book, chapter 2, verse 14 in Net Version

Amos 2 : 1 (NET)

This is what the LORD says: "Because Moab has committed three crimes� make that four!� I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom's king into lime.

Amos 2 : 2 (NET)

So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth's fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram's horn.

Amos 2 : 3 (NET)

I will remove Moab's leader; I will kill all Moab's officials with him." The LORD has spoken!

Amos 2 : 4 (NET)

This is what the LORD says: "Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions� make that four!� I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the LORD's law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.

Amos 2 : 5 (NET)

So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem's fortresses."

Amos 2 : 6 (NET)

This is what the LORD says: "Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions� make that four!� I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 2 : 7 (NET)

They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

Amos 2 : 8 (NET)

They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God!

Amos 2 : 9 (NET)

For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground.

Amos 2 : 10 (NET)

I brought you up from the land of Egypt; I led you through the wilderness for forty years so you could take the Amorites' land as your own.

Amos 2 : 11 (NET)

I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?" The LORD is speaking!

Amos 2 : 12 (NET)

"But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets, 'Do not prophesy!'

Amos 2 : 13 (NET)

Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.

Amos 2 : 14 (NET)

Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.

Amos 2 : 15 (NET)

Archers will not hold their ground; fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses.

Amos 2 : 16 (NET)

Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day." The LORD is speaking!