dby - Amos:2:6-16

dby@Amos:2:6 @ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

dby@Amos:2:7 @ panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name.

dby@Amos:2:8 @ And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of their God the wine of the condemned.

dby@Amos:2:9 @ But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

dby@Amos:2:10 @ And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

dby@Amos:2:11 @ And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

dby@Amos:2:12 @ And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

dby@Amos:2:13 @ Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

dby@Amos:2:14 @ And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.

dby@Amos:2:15 @ Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;

dby@Amos:2:16 @ and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.