Amos 2 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Amos 3

¹Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) this word^H1697 that the LORD^H3068 hath spoken^H1696^(H8765) against you, O children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, against the whole family^H4940 which I brought up^H5927^(H8689) from the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, saying^H559^(H8800),

² “I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”

KJVYou only have I known^H3045^(H8804) of all the families^H4940 of the earth^H127: therefore I will punish^H6485^(H8799) you for all your iniquities^H5771.

³ Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?

KJVCan two^H8147 walk^H3212^(H8799) together^H3162, except^H1115 they be agreed^H3259^(H8738)?

⁴ Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

KJVWill a lion^H738 roar^H7580^(H8799) in the forest^H3293, when he hath no prey^H2964? will a young lion^H3715 cry out^H5414^(H8799)^H6963 of his den^H4585, if he have taken^H3920^(H8804) nothing^H1115?

⁵ Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

KJVCan a bird^H6833 fall^H5307^(H8799) in a snare^H6341 upon the earth^H776, where no gin^H4170 is for him? shall one take up^H5927^(H8799) a snare^H6341 from the earth^H127, and have taken^H3920^(H8799) nothing at all^H3920^(H8800)?

⁶ Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?

KJVShall a trumpet^H7782 be blown^H8628^(H8735) in the city^H5892, and the people^H5971 not be afraid^H2729^(H8799)? shall there be evil^H7451 in a city^H5892, and the LORD^H3068 hath not done^H6213^(H8804) it?

⁷ Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

KJVSurely the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 will do^H6213^(H8799) nothing^H1697, but he revealeth^H1540^(H8804) his secret^H5475 unto his servants^H5650 the prophets^H5030.

⁸ The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

KJVThe lion^H738 hath roared^H7580^(H8804), who will not^H3808 fear^H3372^(H8799)? the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 hath spoken^H1696^(H8765), who can but prophesy^H5012^(H8735)?

⁹ Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”

KJVPublish^H8085^(H8685) in the palaces^H759 at Ashdod^H795, and in the palaces^H759 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, and say^H559^(H8798), Assemble^H622^(H8734) yourselves upon the mountains^H2022 of Samaria^H8111, and behold^H7200^(H8798) the great^H7227 tumults^H4103 in the midst^H7130 thereof, and the oppressed^H6217 in the midst^H8432 thereof.

¹⁰ “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”

KJVFor they know^H3045^(H8804) not to do^H6213^(H8800) right^H5229, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, who store^H686^(H8802) up violence^H2555 and robbery^H7701 in their palaces^H759.

¹¹ Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”

KJVTherefore thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; An adversary^H6862 there shall be even round about^H5439 the land^H776; and he shall bring down^H3381^(H8689) thy strength^H5797 from thee, and thy palaces^H759 shall be spoiled^H962^(H8738).

¹² Yahweh says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068; As the shepherd^H7462^(H8802) taketh out^H5337^(H8686) of the mouth^H6310 of the lion^H738 two^H8147 legs^H3767, or a piece^H915 of an ear^H241; so shall the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 be taken out^H5337^(H8735) that dwell^H3427^(H8802) in Samaria^H8111 in the corner^H6285 of a bed^H4296, and in Damascus^H1833 in a couch^H6210.

¹³ “Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) ye, and testify^H5749^(H8685) in the house^H1004 of Jacob^H3290, saith^H5002^(H8803) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, the God^H430 of hosts^H6635,

¹⁴ “For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.

KJVThat in the day^H3117 that I shall visit^H6485^(H8800) the transgressions^H6588 of Israel^H3478 upon him I will also visit^H6485^(H8804) the altars^H4196 of Bethel^H1008: and the horns^H7161 of the altar^H4196 shall be cut off^H1438^(H8738), and fall^H5307^(H8804) to the ground^H776.

¹⁵ I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says Yahweh.

KJVAnd I will smite^H5221^(H8689) the winter^H2779 house^H1004 with the summer^H7019 house^H1004; and the houses^H1004 of ivory^H8127 shall perish^H6^(H8804), and the great^H7227 houses^H1004 shall have an end^H5486^(H8804), saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

WEB·Amos 2

¹Yahweh says: “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;

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068; For three^H7969 transgressions^H6588 of Moab^H4124, and for four^H702, I will not turn away^H7725^(H8686) the punishment thereof; because he burned^H8313^(H8800) the bones^H6106 of the king^H4428 of Edom^H123 into lime^H7875:

² 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;

KJVBut I will send^H7971^(H8765) a fire^H784 upon Moab^H4124, and it shall devour^H398^(H8804) the palaces^H759 of Kerioth^H7152: and Moab^H4124 shall die^H4191^(H8804) with tumult^H7588, with shouting^H8643, and with the sound^H6963 of the trumpet^H7782:

³ and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.

KJVAnd I will cut off^H3772^(H8689) the judge^H8199^(H8802) from the midst^H7130 thereof, and will slay^H2026^(H8799) all the princes^H8269 thereof with him, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068.

⁴ Yahweh says: “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;

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068; For three^H7969 transgressions^H6588 of Judah^H3063, and for four^H702, I will not turn away^H7725^(H8686) the punishment thereof; because they have despised^H3988^(H8800) the law^H8451 of the LORD^H3068, and have not kept^H8104^(H8804) his commandments^H2706, and their lies^H3577 caused them to err^H8582^(H8686), after^H310 the which their fathers^H1 have walked^H1980^(H8804):

⁵ but I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

KJVBut I will send^H7971^(H8765) a fire^H784 upon Judah^H3063, and it shall devour^H398^(H8804) the palaces^H759 of Jerusalem^H3389.

⁶ Yahweh says: “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 sandals;

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068; For three^H7969 transgressions^H6588 of Israel^H3478, and for four^H702, I will not turn away^H7725^(H8686) the punishment thereof; because they sold^H4376^(H8800) the righteous^H6662 for silver^H3701, and the poor^H34 for a pair of shoes^H5275;

⁷ They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.

KJVThat pant^H7602^(H8802) after the dust^H6083 of the earth^H776 on the head^H7218 of the poor^H1800, and turn aside^H5186^(H8686) the way^H1870 of the meek^H6035: and a man^H376 and his father^H1 will go^H3212^(H8799) in unto the same maid^H5291, to profane^H2490^(H8763) my holy^H6944 name^H8034:

⁸ They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

KJVAnd they lay themselves down^H5186^(H8686) upon clothes^H899 laid to pledge^H2254^(H8803) by^H681 every altar^H4196, and they drink^H8354^(H8799) the wine^H3196 of the condemned^H6064^(H8803) in the house^H1004 of their god^H430.

⁹ 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.

KJVYet destroyed^H8045^(H8689) I the Amorite^H567 before^H6440 them, whose height^H1363 was like the height^H1363 of the cedars^H730, and he was strong^H2634 as the oaks^H437; yet I destroyed^H8045^(H8686) his fruit^H6529 from above^H4605, and his roots^H8328 from beneath.

¹⁰ 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.

KJVAlso I brought you up^H5927^(H8689) from the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, and led^H3212^(H8686) you forty^H705 years^H8141 through the wilderness^H4057, to possess^H3423^(H8800) the land^H776 of the Amorite^H567.

¹¹ 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.

KJVAnd I raised up^H6965^(H8686) of your sons^H1121 for prophets^H5030, and of your young men^H970 for Nazarites^H5139. Is it not even thus, O ye children^H1121 of Israel^H3478? saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

¹² “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

KJVBut ye gave the Nazarites^H5139 wine^H3196 to drink^H8248^(H8686); and commanded^H6680^(H8765) the prophets^H5030, saying^H559^(H8800), Prophesy^H5012^(H8735) not.

¹³ Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

KJVBehold, I am pressed^H5781^(H8688) under you, as a cart^H5699 is pressed^H5781^(H8686) that is full^H4392 of sheaves^H5995.

¹⁴ Flight will perish from the swift. The strong won’t strengthen his force. The mighty won’t deliver himself.

KJVTherefore the flight^H4498 shall perish^H6^(H8804) from the swift^H7031, and the strong^H2389 shall not strengthen^H553^(H8762) his force^H3581, neither shall the mighty^H1368 deliver^H4422^(H8762) himself^H5315:

¹⁵ He who handles the bow won’t stand. He who is swift of foot won’t escape. He who rides the horse won’t deliver himself.

KJVNeither shall he stand^H5975^(H8799) that handleth^H8610^(H8802) the bow^H7198; and he that is swift^H7031 of foot^H7272 shall not deliver^H4422^(H8762) himself: neither shall he that rideth^H7392^(H8802) the horse^H5483 deliver^H4422^(H8762) himself^H5315.

¹⁶ He who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says Yahweh.

KJVAnd he that is courageous^H533^H3820 among the mighty^H1368 shall flee away^H5127^(H8799) naked^H6174 in that day^H3117, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

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