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Amos 2

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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This is what the LORD says : For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king .
Thus saith Jehovah : For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth . Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
but I will send a fire upon Moab , and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth ; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials 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 .
This is what the LORD says : For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes ; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
Thus saith Jehovah : For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes , and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk:
So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
but I will send a fire upon Judah , and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
This is what the LORD says : For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Thus saith Jehovah : For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver , and the needy for a pair of shoes-
They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way . A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name .
they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the ` same ' maiden, to profane my holy name :
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge . And in the house of their God , they drink wine obtained through fines .
and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge ; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined .
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks . Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below .
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks ; yet I destroyed his fruit from above , and his roots from beneath .
And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt , and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true , O children of Israel? declares the LORD .
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites . Is it not even thus , O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah .
But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets , saying, Prophesy not .
Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain .
Behold, I will press ` you ' in your place , as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves .
Escape will fail the swift , the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
And flight shall perish from the swift ; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver `himself'; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;
Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day, declares the LORD .
and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah .

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