Amos:2

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* Thus , saith Yahweh , Because of three transgressions of Moab , and because of four , will I not turn it back , Because he burned the bones of the King of Edom to lime , * Therefore will I send a fire into Moab , which shall devour the palaces of Keriothand Moab , shall die with tumult , with war - cry , with the sound of a horn ; * And I will cut off the judge out of her midst , and , all her rulers , will I slay with him , saith Yahweh . * Thus , saith Yahweh , Because of three transgressions of Judah , and because of four , will I not turn it back , Because they have rejected the law of Yahweh , and , his statutes , have not kept , but their falsehoods , have led them astray , after the which their fathers , did walk , * Therefore will I send a fire upon Judah , which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem . * Thus , saith Yahweh , Because of three transgressions of Israel , and because of four , will I not turn it back , Because they have soldfor silverthe righteous , and the needyfor a pair of shoes : * Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor , and , the way of the oppressed , they pervert , Yea , a man and his own father , go in unto the maid , to profane my holy Name ! * And , on pledged garments , they recline , beside every altar , and , exacted wine , do they drink , in the house of their God . * Yet it was , I , who destroyed the Amorite , from before them , whose height was , like the height of cedars , and , strong , was he , like the oaks , but I destroyed his fruit above , and his roots beneath . * And it was , I , who brought you up out of the land of Egypt , and led you in the desert , forty years , to take possession of the land of the Amorites ; * And I raised up , of your sons , for prophets , and , of your young men , for Nazirites , Was it not even so , ye sons of Israel ? Demandeth Yahweh ; * And yet ye caused the Nazirites to drink wine , and , on the prophet , laid ye command , saying , Ye shall not prophesy ! * Lo ! I , am pressed under you , as a full cart is pressed by its sheaves , * Therefore shall flight , perish , from the swift , and , the mighty , shall not invigorate his strength , nor shall , the hero , escape with his life ; * Nor , he that handleth the bow , make a stand , and , the swift on his feet , shall not escape , nor , he that rideth on a horse , escape with his life : * Nay , he that is stout in his heart , among heroes , naked , shall flee , in that day , Declareth Yahweh .

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