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New Living Translation (NLT)

Amos 2
⁵ So I will send down fire on Judah, and all the fortresses of Jerusalem will be destroyed.”
⁶ This is what the LORD says: “The people of Israel have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They sell honorable people for silver and poor people for a pair of sandals.
⁷ They trample helpless people in the dust and shove the oppressed out of the way. Both father and son sleep with the same woman, corrupting my holy name.
⁸ At their religious festivals, they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security. In the house of their gods, they drink wine bought with unjust fines.
⁹ “But as my people watched, I destroyed the Amorites, though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed the fruit on their branches and dug out their roots.
¹⁰ It was I who rescued you from Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years, so you could possess the land of the Amorites.
¹¹ I chose some of your sons to be prophets and others to be Nazirites. Can you deny this, my people of Israel?” asks the LORD.
¹² “But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!’
¹³ “So I will make you groan like a wagon loaded down with sheaves of grain.
¹⁴ Your fastest runners will not get away. The strongest among you will become weak. Even mighty warriors will be unable to save themselves.
¹⁵ The archers will not stand their ground. The swiftest runners won’t be fast enough to escape. Even those riding horses won’t be able to save themselves.