Amos 2

Verse 1

WEB 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;

KJV 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:

TSK For three: am 2:4,6, am 1:3,6,9,11,13, nu 22:1-25, de 23:4,5, ps 83:4-7, mic 6:5; of Moab: isa 11:14, isa 15:1-16, isa 25:10, jer 48:1-47, eze 25:8,9, zep 2:8,9; because: 2ki 3:9,26, pr 15:3

Verse 2

WEB 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;

KJV 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:

TSK Kirioth: jer 48:24,41; with tumult: am 1:14, isa 9:5, jer 48:34

Verse 3

WEB and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.

KJV And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

TSK And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.: nu 24:17, jer 48:7,25

Verse 4

WEB 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;

KJV 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:

TSK For: de 31:16-18, de 32:15-27; Judah: am 3:2, 2ki 17:19, jer 9:25,26, ho 5:12,13, ho 6:11, ho 12:2; because: le 26:14,15, jud 2:17-20, 2sa 12:9,10, 2ki 22:11-17, 2ch 36:14-17, ne 1:7, ne 9:26,29,30, isa 5:24,25, jer 8:9, eze 16:1-63, eze 20:13,16,24, eze 22:8, eze 23:11-21, da 9:5-12, 1th 4:8; and their: isa 9:15,16, isa 28:15, isa 44:20, jer 16:19,20, jer 23:13-15,25-32, jer 28:15,16, eze 13:6-16,22, eze 22:28, hab 2:18, ro 1:25; after: jud 2:11-17, jud 10:6, 2ch 30:7, jer 8:2, jer 9:14, eze 20:13,16,18,24,30, 1pe 1:18

Verse 5

WEB But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

KJV But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

TSK I will: jer 17:27, jer 21:10, jer 37:8-10, jer 39:8, jer 52:13, ho 8:14

Verse 6

WEB 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;

KJV 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;

TSK For three: am 6:3-7, 2ki 17:7-18, 2ki 18:12, eze 23:5-9, ho 4:1,2,11-14, ho 7:7-10, ho 8:4-6, ho 13:2,3, mic 6:10-16; because: am 5:11,12, am 8:4-6, isa 5:22,23, isa 29:21, joe 3:3,6, mic 3:2,3

Verse 7

WEB 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;

KJV 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:

TSK pant: am 4:1, 1ki 21:4, pr 28:21, mic 2:2,9, mic 7:2,3, zep 3:3; and turn: am 5:12, isa 10:2; and a: le 18:8,15, eze 22:11, 1co 5:1; to profane: le 20:3, 2sa 12:14, eze 36:20, ro 2:24

Verse 8

WEB 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.

KJV 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.

TSK laid: ex 22:26,27, de 24:12-17, eze 18:7,12; by: am 6:4, isa 57:7, eze 23:41, 1co 8:10, 1co 10:7,21; they drink: am 6:6, jud 9:27, ho 4:8

Verse 9

WEB 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.

KJV 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.

TSK I the: ge 15:16, ex 3:8, ex 34:11, nu 21:24, de 2:24-33, jos 3:10, jos 24:8-12, jud 11:21-23, ne 9:22-24, ps 135:10-12, ps 136:17-22; whose: nu 13:28,29,32,33, de 1:28, de 2:10,11, de 3:11, de 9:1-3; I destroyed: jos 11:21,22, 2sa 23:16-22, job 18:16, isa 5:24, mal 4:1

Verse 10

WEB 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.

KJV 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.

TSK I bought: ex 12:51, ne 9:8-12, ps 105:42,43, ps 136:10,11, jer 32:20,21, eze 20:10, mic 6:4; and led: nu 14:34, de 2:7, de 8:2-4, ne 9:21, ps 95:10, ac 7:42, ac 13:18; to possess: nu 14:31-35, de 1:20,21,39

Verse 11

WEB 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.

KJV 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.

TSK I raised: 1sa 3:20, 1sa 19:20, 1ki 17:1, 1ki 18:4, 1ki 19:16, 1ki 20:13,35,41, 1ki 22:8, 2ki 2:2-5, 2ki 6:1, 2ki 17:13, 2ch 36:15, 2pe 1:20,21; Nazarites: nu 6:2, jud 13:4-7, la 4:7, lu 1:3-17; Is it: isa 5:3,4, jer 2:5,31, mic 6:3,4; and: am 7:12,13, isa 30:10,11, jer 11:21, jer 26:11, mic 2:6, mt 21:34-38, ac 4:18, ac 5:28, ac 7:51, 1th 2:15,16

Verse 12

WEB “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

KJV But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 13

WEB Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

KJV Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

TSK Behold: ps 78:40, isa 1:14, isa 7:13, isa 43:24, eze 6:9, eze 16:43, mal 2:17

Verse 14

WEB Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

KJV Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

TSK the flight: am 9:1-3, job 11:20, ec 9:11, isa 30:16, jer 9:23

Verse 15

WEB 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;

KJV 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.

TSK neither: ps 33:16,17

Verse 16

WEB and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says Yahweh.

KJV And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

TSK courageous: jer 48:41; flee: jud 4:17, 2ki 7:8-20, mr 14:52