Amos 2 (NET)

Amos 2:1¹This 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zeph 2:8-9Ezek 25:8-92 Kgs 3:26-27Amos 1:3Amos 2:4Isa 15:1-9Isa 25:10Jer 48:1-47Amos 1:11Amos 1:13

Amos 2:2²So 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 48:24Jer 48:41Amos 1:14Isa 9:5Jer 48:34

Amos 2:3³I will remove Moab’s leader; I will kill all Moab’s officials with him.” The Lord has spoken!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 48:7Num 24:17Isa 40:23Jer 48:25Ps 2:10

Amos 2:4⁴This 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:24Ezek 20:13Ezek 20:16Hab 2:18Hos 12:2Isa 28:15Jer 16:19-202 Kgs 17:192 Kgs 22:11-17Amos 3:2

Amos 2:5⁵So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 8:14Jer 17:27Jer 21:10Jer 37:8-10Jer 39:8Jer 52:13

Amos 2:6⁶This 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 3:3Amos 5:11-12Mic 3:2-32 Kgs 17:7-182 Kgs 18:12Amos 6:3-7Amos 8:4-6Ezek 23:5-9Hos 13:2-3Hos 4:1-2

Amos 2:7⁷They 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:12Ezek 22:11Isa 10:21 Cor 5:1Mic 2:2Mic 2:91 Kgs 21:42 Sam 12:14Amos 4:1Amos 8:4

Amos 2:8⁸They 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!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 24:12-17Exod 22:26-27Amos 6:61 Cor 10:211 Cor 10:71 Cor 8:10Amos 4:1Amos 6:4Ezek 18:12Ezek 18:7

Amos 2:9⁹For 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 18:16Mal 4:1Deut 2:24-33Deut 3:11Deut 9:1-3Exod 34:11Gen 15:16Num 13:28-29Num 13:32-33Num 21:23-25

Amos 2:10¹⁰I 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 2:7Exod 12:51Acts 7:42Amos 3:1Acts 13:18Amos 9:7Exod 3:8Mic 6:4Deut 1:20-21Deut 1:39

Amos 2:11¹¹I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?” The Lord is speaking.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 6:2-3Jer 7:251 Kgs 17:11 Kgs 18:41 Kgs 19:161 Kgs 20:131 Kgs 20:351 Kgs 20:411 Kgs 22:81 Sam 19:20

Amos 2:12¹²“But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 7:13Isa 30:10Jer 11:21Mic 2:6Amos 7:16

Amos 2:13¹³Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:14Ezek 16:43Ezek 6:9Isa 43:24Isa 7:13Mal 2:17Ps 78:40

Amos 2:14¹⁴Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 9:23Amos 9:1-3Eccl 9:11Ps 33:16Isa 30:16-17Job 11:20

Amos 2:15¹⁵Archers will not hold their ground; fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 33:16-17Ezek 39:3

Amos 2:16¹⁶Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day.” The Lord is speaking.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 14:522 Kgs 7:8-20Jer 48:41Judg 4:17