Welcome to our website where we explore the Bible! Pleasure to meet you here!
May your journey into the world of the Holy Scriptures be engaging and inspiring!

You can change reading language: uk ru


Parallel

← (Amos 1) | (Amos 3) →

English Standard Version

Darby Bible Translation

  • Thus says the Lord:
    “For three transgressions of Moab,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,a
    because he burned to lime
    the bones of the king of Edom.
  • Judgment on Moab, Judah and Israel

    Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
  • So I will send a fire upon Moab,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,
    and Moab shall die amid uproar,
    amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
  • And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerijoth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet.
  • I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
    and will kill all its princesb with him,”
    says the Lord.
  • And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.
  • Judgment on Judah

    Thus says the Lord:
    “For three transgressions of Judah,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
    because they have rejected the law of the Lord,
    and have not kept his statutes,
    but their lies have led them astray,
    those after which their fathers walked.
  • Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked.
  • So I will send a fire upon Judah,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
  • And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
  • Judgment on Israel

    Thus says the Lord:
    “For three transgressions of Israel,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
    because they sell the righteous for silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals —
  • Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
  • those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth
    and turn aside the way of the afflicted;
    a man and his father go in to the same girl,
    so that my holy name is profaned;
  • panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name.
  • they lay themselves down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge,
    and in the house of their God they drink
    the wine of those who have been fined.
  • And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of their God the wine of the condemned.
  • “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
    whose height was like the height of the cedars
    and who was as strong as the oaks;
    I destroyed his fruit above
    and his roots beneath.
  • The Ingratitude of Israel

    But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
  • Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
    and led you forty years in the wilderness,
    to possess the land of the Amorite.
  • And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
  • And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
    and some of your young men for Nazirites.
    Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”
    declares the Lord.
  • And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.
  • “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
    and commanded the prophets,
    saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’
  • And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
  • “Behold, I will press you down in your place,
    as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
  • Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
  • Flight shall perish from the swift,
    and the strong shall not retain his strength,
    nor shall the mighty save his life;
  • And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
  • he who handles the bow shall not stand,
    and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself,
    nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
  • Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;
  • and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
    shall flee away naked in that day,”
    declares the Lord.
  • and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.

  • ← (Amos 1) | (Amos 3) →

    Updates history Updates history

    © UA biblenet - 2025