Amos 2:5-9
Amos 2:5
“So I will send fire upon Judah, And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.” Judgment on Israel
Amos 2:6
This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money, And the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 2:7
“These who trample the head of the helpless to the dust of the earth Also divert the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl So as to profane My holy name.
Amos 2:8
“And on garments seized as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
Amos 2:9
“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was as strong as the oaks; I also destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.