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Amos 2
⁷ "These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name.
⁸ "On garments taken 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.
⁹ "Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.
¹⁰ "It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
¹¹ "Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?" declares the Lord.
¹² "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, ’You shall not prophesy!’
¹³ "Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.
¹⁴ "Flight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his life.
¹⁵ "He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse save his life.
¹⁶ "Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day," declares the Lord.
Amos 3
¹ Hear this word which the Lord has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt: