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Amos 2

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof ; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime :
Thus says Yahweh: " For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime ;
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet :
But I will send a fire on Moab, And it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; And Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet ;
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof , and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD .
And I will cut off the judge from their midst, And will kill all its princes with him, " says Yahweh .
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof ; because they have despised the law of the LORD , and have not kept his commandments , and their lies caused them to err , after the which their fathers have walked :
Thus says Yahweh: " For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have rejected Yahweh's law, And have not kept his statutes , And their lies have led them astray , After which their fathers walked ;
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
But I will send a fire on Judah, And it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem. "
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof ; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Thus says Yahweh: " For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;
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 will go in unto the same maid , to profane my holy name :
They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And deny justice to the oppressed; And a man and his father use the same maiden , to profane my holy name ;
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar , and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
And they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined .
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.
Yet I destroyed 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.
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess 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.
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites . Is it not even thus , O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD .
I raised up some of your sons for prophets, And some of your young men for Nazirites . Isn't this true , You children of Israel? " says Yahweh .
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink ; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
" But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink , And commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy !'
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves .
Behold, I will crush you in your place , As a cart crushes that is full of grain .
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift , and the strong shall not strengthen his force , neither shall the mighty deliver himself :
Flight will perish from the swift ; And the strong won't strengthen his force ; Neither shall the mighty deliver himself ;
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 .
Neither shall he stand who handles the bow; And he who is swift of foot won't escape; Neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself ;
And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD .
And he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked in that day, " says Yahweh .

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