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懲罰摩押

“耶和華這樣說:

‘摩押三番四次犯罪,

我必不收回懲罰他的命令;

因為他把以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。

我必降火在摩押,

燒毀加略的堡壘;

在擾攘、吶喊、吹角聲中,

摩押必被消滅。

我必剪除他的掌權者,

也把他所有的領袖一同殺死。’

這是耶和華說的。

懲罰猶大

“耶和華這樣說:

‘猶大三番四次犯罪,

我必不收回懲罰他的命令;

因為他棄絕耶和華的律法,

不遵守他的典章;

反被他們列祖跟從的偶像,

使他們走錯了路。

我必降火在猶大,

燒毀耶路撒冷的堡壘。’

懲罰以色列

“耶和華這樣說:

‘以色列三番四次犯罪,

我必不收回懲罰他的命令;

因為他為了銀子賣義人,

為了一雙鞋賣窮人。

他們踐踏窮人的頭,

好像踐踏地面的塵土;

他們把困苦人應有的權益奪去;

兒子和父親與同一個女子親近,

故意褻瀆我的聖名。

他們在各祭壇旁,

躺臥在別人抵押的衣服上面;

在他們 神的殿中,

飲用拿剝削回來的錢所買的酒。

我不是在他們面前把亞摩利人消滅了嗎?

亞摩利人雖像香柏樹高大,

像橡樹那樣堅固;

我卻要滅絕它樹上的果子,

拔除樹下的根。

10 我不是帶你們出埃及地,

領你們在曠野度過四十年,

叫你們得著亞摩利人的地為業嗎?

11 我從你們子孫中興起先知,

從年輕人中興起拿細耳人;

以色列人哪!這不是事實嗎?’

這是耶和華的宣告。

12 ‘但你們迫使拿細耳人喝酒,

吩咐先知說:不要說預言。

13 看哪!我要使你腳下的地搖蕩,

好像滿載禾捆的車子搖蕩一樣。

14 行動迅速的不能逃走,

強而有力的不能施展他的勇力,

勇士也不能救自己;

15 拿弓的人站立不住,

跑得快的不能逃走,

騎馬的也不能救自己。

16 到那日,最勇敢的戰士,

也是赤身逃跑。’

這是耶和華的宣告。”

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Moab,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes(B)
    the bones of Edom’s king,
I will send fire on Moab
    that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.[a](C)
Moab will go down in great tumult
    amid war cries(D) and the blast of the trumpet.(E)
I will destroy her ruler(F)
    and kill all her officials with him,”(G)
says the Lord.(H)

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Judah,(I)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law(J) of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,(K)
because they have been led astray(L) by false gods,[b](M)
    the gods[c] their ancestors followed,(N)
I will send fire(O) on Judah
    that will consume the fortresses(P) of Jerusalem.(Q)

Judgment on Israel

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Israel,
    even for four, I will not relent.(R)
They sell the innocent for silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals.(S)
They trample on the heads of the poor
    as on the dust of the ground
    and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
    and so profane my holy name.(T)
They lie down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge.(U)
In the house of their god
    they drink wine(V) taken as fines.(W)

“Yet I destroyed the Amorites(X) before them,
    though they were tall(Y) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.(Z)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots(AA) below.
10 I brought you up out of Egypt(AB)
    and led(AC) you forty years in the wilderness(AD)
    to give you the land of the Amorites.(AE)

11 “I also raised up prophets(AF) from among your children
    and Nazirites(AG) from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine
    and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.(AH)

13 “Now then, I will crush you
    as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.(AI)
14 The swift will not escape,(AJ)
    the strong(AK) will not muster their strength,
    and the warrior will not save his life.(AL)
15 The archer(AM) will not stand his ground,
    the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
    and the horseman(AN) will not save his life.(AO)
16 Even the bravest warriors(AP)
    will flee naked on that day,”
declares the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:2 Or of her cities
  2. Amos 2:4 Or by lies
  3. Amos 2:4 Or lies