## Amos Chapter 2

###### Amos 2:1
[Amos 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:1)

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַל־שׇׂרְפ֛וֹ עַצְמ֥וֹת מֶלֶךְ־אֱד֖וֹם לַשִּֽׂיד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord; For three transgressions of Mo᾽av, I will turn away its punishment, but for the fourth I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:


###### Amos 2:2
[Amos 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:2)

וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּמוֹאָ֔ב וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֣וֹת הַקְּרִיּ֑וֹת וּמֵ֤ת בְּשָׁאוֹן֙ מוֹאָ֔ב בִּתְרוּעָ֖ה בְּק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but I will send a fire upon Mo᾽av, and it shall devour the palaces of Qeriyyot: and Mo᾽av shall die amidst tumult, shouting, and the sound of the shofar:


###### Amos 2:3
[Amos 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:3)

וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י שׁוֹפֵ֖ט מִקִּרְבָּ֑הּ וְכׇל־שָׂרֶ֛יהָ אֶהֱר֥וֹג עִמּ֖וֹ אָמַ֥ר יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will slay all his princes with him, says the Lord.


###### Amos 2:4
[Amos 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:4)

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַֽל־מׇאֳסָ֞ם אֶת־תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֗ה וְחֻקָּיו֙ לֹ֣א שָׁמָ֔רוּ וַיַּתְעוּם֙ כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הָלְכ֥וּ אֲבוֹתָ֖ם אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord; For three transgressions of Yehuda, I will turn away his punishment, but for the fourth I will not turn away his punishment; because they have despised the Tora of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies, after which their fathers have walked, have led them astray:


###### Amos 2:5
[Amos 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:5)

וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but I will send a fire upon Yehuda, and it shall devour the palaces of Yerushalayim.


###### Amos 2:6
[Amos 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:6)

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַל־מִכְרָ֤ם בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ צַדִּ֔יק וְאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּעֲב֥וּר נַעֲלָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord; For three transgressions of Yisra᾽el, I will turn away his punishment, but for the fourth I will not turn away his punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;


###### Amos 2:7
[Amos 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:7)

הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים עַל־עֲפַר־אֶ֙רֶץ֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ דַּלִּ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ עֲנָוִ֖ים יַטּ֑וּ וְאִ֣ישׁ וְאָבִ֗יו יֵֽלְכוּ֙ אֶל־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה לְמַ֥עַן חַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם קׇדְשִֽׁי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the humble: and a man and his father will go in to the same girl, to profane my holy name:


###### Amos 2:8
[Amos 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:8)

וְעַל־בְּגָדִ֤ים חֲבֻלִים֙ יַטּ֔וּ אֵ֖צֶל כׇּל־מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וְיֵ֤ין עֲנוּשִׁים֙ יִשְׁתּ֔וּ בֵּ֖ית אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.


###### Amos 2:9
[Amos 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:9)

וְאָ֨נֹכִ֜י הִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּי אֶת־הָאֱמֹרִי֙ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר כְּגֹ֤בַהּ אֲרָזִים֙ גׇּבְה֔וֹ וְחָסֹ֥ן ה֖וּא כָּאַלּוֹנִ֑ים וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד פִּרְיוֹ֙ מִמַּ֔עַל וְשׇׁרָשָׁ֖יו מִתָּֽחַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet I destroyed the Emori 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.


###### Amos 2:10
[Amos 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:10)

וְאָנֹכִ֛י הֶעֱלֵ֥יתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וָאוֹלֵ֨ךְ אֶתְכֶ֤ם בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה לָרֶ֖שֶׁת אֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Also I brought you up out of the land of Miżrayim, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Emori.


###### Amos 2:11
[Amos 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:11)

וָאָקִ֤ים מִבְּנֵיכֶם֙ לִנְבִיאִ֔ים וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶ֖ם לִנְזִרִ֑ים הַאַ֥ף אֵֽין־זֹ֛את בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nezirim. Is it not even thus, O you children of Yisra᾽el? says the Lord.


###### Amos 2:12
[Amos 2:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:12)

וַתַּשְׁק֥וּ אֶת־הַנְּזִרִ֖ים יָ֑יִן וְעַל־הַנְּבִיאִים֙ צִוִּיתֶ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֖א תִּנָּבְאֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But you gave the Nezirim wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.


###### Amos 2:13
[Amos 2:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:13)

הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י מֵעִ֖יק תַּחְתֵּיכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּעִיק֙ הָֽעֲגָלָ֔ה הַֽמְלֵאָ֥ה לָ֖הּ עָמִֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart presses down that is full of sheaves.


###### Amos 2:14
[Amos 2:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:14)

וְאָבַ֤ד מָנוֹס֙ מִקָּ֔ל וְחָזָ֖ק לֹא־יְאַמֵּ֣ץ כֹּח֑וֹ וְגִבּ֖וֹר לֹא־יְמַלֵּ֥ט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his force, nor shall the mighty man deliver himself:


###### Amos 2:15
[Amos 2:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:15)

וְתֹפֵ֤שׂ הַקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ לֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֔ד וְקַ֥ל בְּרַגְלָ֖יו לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּ֑ט וְרֹכֵ֣ב הַסּ֔וּס לֹ֥א יְמַלֵּ֖ט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
nor shall he who handles the bow stand; and he who is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: nor shall he who rides the horse deliver himself.


###### Amos 2:16
[Amos 2:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Amos/r/2:16)

וְאַמִּ֥יץ לִבּ֖וֹ בַּגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים עָר֛וֹם יָנ֥וּס בַּיּוֹם־הַה֖וּא נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked on that day, says the Lord.