The Future Punishment of Moab & Unfaithful Judah & Israel |
Amos 2:1-16 The Book of Amos [in Smaller Chunks] |
The Lord says [this;] For 3 [sins] of Moab, & for 4, I won't [withdraw] the punishment [of it;] because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. [2 Kings 3:26-27 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too [severe] for him, he took with him 700 men, [who] drew swords, to break through, even to the king of Edom: but they couldn't. |
Then, he took his eldest sons, [who] should have [ruled] in his [place,] & offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation [by] Israel. And they departed from him, & returned to their own land.] |
But I will send a fire upon Moab, & it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth. And Moab shall die with [chaos,] shouting, & with the trumpet sound. [Jeremiah 48:41-42 Kerioth, [a.k.a. Kirioth,] is [captured,] & the strongholds are surprised, & the hearts of [Moab's] mighty [men on] that day, shall be [like] the heart of a woman in her [labor pains.] And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he [has] magnified himself against the Lord.] |
And I will cut off the judge from the midst [of it,] & will slay all the princes [of it] with him, says the Lord. [Jeremiah 48:6-7 Flee, save your lives, & be like the [wastelands] in the wilderness. |
For you have trusted in your works, & in your treasures. You shall also be [captured,] & Chemosh, [a.k.a. Moabite idol,] shall go into captivity with [its] priests, & princes together.] |
The Lord says [this;] For 3 [sins] of Judah, & for 4, I won't [withdraw] the punishment [of it;] because they have despised the Law of the Lord, & haven't kept His commandments. And their lies cause them to [go astray,] after [what] their [forefathers] have [followed.] |
[Jeremiah 1:16 And I will utter My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness. [Those,] who have [abandoned] Me, & have burned incense to other gods & worshiped the works [made by] their own hands.] |
But I will send a fire upon Judah, & it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. [Jeremiah 11:11-13 Therefore, the Lord says [this, Watch,] I will bring [calamity] upon them, [that] they shall not be able to escape. And [although] they shall cry [out] to Me, I won't [pay attention] to them. |
Then, the cities of Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go & cry [out] to the gods, to whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all, in their time of trouble. |
For O Judah, your gods were according to the number of your cities. And you have [put] up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal, according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem.] |
The Lord says [this;] For 3 [sins] of Israel, & for 4, I won't [withdraw] the punishment [of it;] because they: sold the righteous for silver, & the poor for a pair of shoes & [those, who] [lusted] after the dust of the earth, on the head of the poor, & [led astray] the [path] of the [humble.] |
And a man & his father [are intimate with] the same [maiden] to [defile] My Holy Name. [Amos 5:11-12 Therefore, [since you trample] upon the poor, & you take [away] from him burdens, [a.k.a. loads] of wheat: you have built houses of [cut] stone, but you shall not [live] in them. |
You have planted [nice] vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them. For I know your [many] transgressions & your mighty sins. They afflict the just, they take a bribe, & they turn [away] the poor in the gate, from their [rights.] |
And they, themselves lay down upon clothes [put up for collateral for a] pledge by every altar, & they drink the wine of the condemned, in the house of their god. |
[1 Corinthians 10:28 But if any man [says] to you, This is offered in sacrifice to idols, [don't] eat [it,] for his sake, [who told you] it, & for [your] [conscience's] sake. For the earth & the fulness [of it] is the Lord's.] |
[Still,] I destroyed the Amorite, [in front of] them, whose height was like the height of cedars, & he was strong [like] the oaks. [Still,] I destroyed his fruit from above & his roots from [below.] [Isaiah 5:22-24 Woe to [those, who] are mighty to drink wine, & [strong] men, [who mix] strong [drinks.] |
[Who] justify the wicked for reward, [a.k.a. bribes,] & take away the [rights] from the righteous! Therefore, [like] the fire devours the stubble, & the flame consumes the [debris, also] their root shall be [like rot,] & their blossom shall go up [like] dust: because they have cast away the Law of the Lord of Hosts, & despised the Word of the Holy One of Israel.] |
Also, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, & led you 40 years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. [Deuteronomy 2:7 For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the works of your hand. He knows your walking through this [large] wilderness. The Lord your God has been with you, & you lacked nothing these 40 years.] |
And I raised up your sons, for prophets, & your young men, for Nazarites. The Lord says, Isn't it even [like this,] O you children [people] of Israel? But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; & commanded the prophets, saying, Don't prophesy. |
[Look,] I Am pressed [down] under the [weight] of you, [like] a cart is pressed [down] that is full of sheaves [of wheat.] Therefore, the flight shall perish from the swift, & the strong shall not strengthen his [forcefulness,] neither shall the mighty deliver himself. |
[Jeremiah 46:6 [Don't] let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. They shall stumble, & fall toward the North by the Euphrates River.] |
Neither shall he stand, [who handles] the bow. And he, [who] is [fast footed,] shall not deliver himself. Neither shall he, [who] rides the horse, deliver himself. And he, [who] is courageous among the mighty, shall flee away, naked [on] that day, says the Lord. |
[Matthew 24:15-18 Therefore, when you shall see the abomination of desolation, [standing] in the Holy Place, spoken of by Daniel, the prophet, (whoever reads [this,] let him understand:) |
Then, let [those, who are] in Judaea, [a.k.a. Judea,] flee into the mountains. Let him, [who] is on the housetop, not come down to take anything out of his house. Neither let him, who is in the field, return back to take his clothes.] |