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Amos 2:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Moab for three crimes, even four, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

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The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the  Lord and have not kept his statutes. The lies  that their ancestors followed have led them astray.


The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.


For the Lord’s power will rest on this mountain. But Moab  will be trampled in his place as straw is trampled in a dung pile.


The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Israel for three crimes, even four, because they sell a righteous person for silver and a needy person for a pair of sandals.


The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites for three crimes, even four, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.


The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Edom for three crimes, even four, because he pursued his brother with the sword. He stifled his compassion, his anger tore at him   continually, and he harboured his rage incessantly.


The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Tyre for three crimes, even four, because they handed over a whole community of exiles to Edom and broke  a treaty of brotherhood.


The eyes of the  Lord are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.


My people, remember what King Balak of Moab   proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove  , to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.


The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Gaza for three crimes, even four, because they exiled a whole community, handing them over to Edom.


But they will swoop down on the Philistine flank to the west. Together they will plunder the people of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects.


So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom  set out. After they had travelled their indirect route for seven days, they had no water for the army or the animals with them.


We have heard of Moab’s pride   – how very proud he is – his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and his empty boasting.


Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;





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