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Amos 2

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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This is what the LORD says: “ For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king .
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:
So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
But I will send a fire upon Moab , and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him, ” says the LORD.
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
This is what the LORD says: “ For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked .
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 :
So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem. ”
But I will send a fire upon Judah , and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
This is what the LORD says: “ For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
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;
They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way . A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name .
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 :
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God , they drink wine obtained through fines .
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.
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks . Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below .
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 .
And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
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.
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true , O children of Israel? ” declares the LORD.
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.
“ But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets , saying, Prophesy not .
Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain .
Behold, I am pressed under you , as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves .
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength , and the mighty will not save his life.
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force , neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life .
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 .
Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day, ” declares the LORD.
And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

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