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Amos 2:4

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Yahweh says:
“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;

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Amos 2:4 in other translations

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.

Amos 2:4 · American Standard Version

Amos 2:4 in context

  1. 2but 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;
  2. 3and I will cut off the judge from among them,
    and will kill all its princes with him,”
    says Yahweh.
  3. 4Yahweh says:
    “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;
  4. 5but I will send a fire on Judah,
    and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
  5. 6Yahweh says:
    “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 sandals;