Israel Condemned for Social Injustice and Violence
Amos 2:6-16
6Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn it back, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.7They crush upon the dust of the land the heads of the poor and turn aside the way of the humble, and a man and his father go in to the maiden to profane my holy name.8And upon garments taken in pledge they stretch themselves beside every altar, and they drink the wine of those fined in the house of their God.9And I destroyed the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.10And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorite.11And I raised up from your sons prophets and from your young men Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel? declares the LORD.12And you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, "Do not prophesy."13Behold, I am making it totter beneath you as the cart totters that is full of sheaves.14And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his strength, and the mighty man shall not deliver his life.15He who grasps the bow shall not stand; the swift of foot shall not escape, nor shall the horseman save his life.16And he who is strong of heart among the mighty shall flee naked on that day, declares the LORD.