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Amos 2

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Bible Compare Amos 2
Verse 1
WEB

Yahweh 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;

KJV

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

Verse 2
WEB

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;

KJV

But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

Verse 3
WEB

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

KJV

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Verse 4
WEB

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;

KJV

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

Verse 5
WEB

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

KJV

But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

Verse 6
WEB

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;

KJV

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Verse 7
WEB

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.

KJV

That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

Verse 8
WEB

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.

KJV

And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Verse 9
WEB

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.

KJV

Yet destroyed I 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.

Verse 10
WEB

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.

KJV

Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

Verse 11
WEB

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.

KJV

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

Verse 12
WEB

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

KJV

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Verse 13
WEB

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

KJV

Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

Verse 14
WEB

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

KJV

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

Verse 15
WEB

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.

KJV

Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself : neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

Verse 16
WEB

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

KJV

And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.