--- title: Amos 2 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Amos chapter 2 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because he burned the bones of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Amos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/) / chapter 2 # Amos 2 16 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.1/) — כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה פִּשְׁעֵי מוֹאָב וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָה לֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ עַל־שָׂרְפוֹ עַצְמוֹת מֶֽלֶךְ־אֱדוֹם לַשִּֽׂיד׃ — Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. - [2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.2/) — וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־אֵשׁ בְּמוֹאָב וְאָכְלָה אַרְמְנוֹת הַקְּרִיּוֹת וּמֵת בְּשָׁאוֹן מוֹאָב בִּתְרוּעָה בְּקוֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃ — So will I send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the horn; - [2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.3/) — וְהִכְרַתִּי שׁוֹפֵט מִקִּרְבָּהּ וְכָל־שָׂרֶיהָ אֶהֱרוֹג עִמּוֹ אָמַר יְהוָֽה׃פ — And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. - [2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.4/) — כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה פִּשְׁעֵי יְהוּדָה וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָה לֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ עַֽל־מָאֳסָם אֶת־תּוֹרַת יְהוָה וְחֻקָּיו לֹא שָׁמָרוּ וַיַּתְעוּם כִּזְבֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר־הָלְכוּ אֲבוֹתָם אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ — Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept His statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk. - [2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.5/) — וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אֵשׁ בִּֽיהוּדָה וְאָכְלָה אַרְמְנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ — So will I send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. - [2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.6/) — כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה פִּשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָה לֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ עַל־מִכְרָם בַּכֶּסֶף צַדִּיק וְאֶבְיוֹן בַּעֲבוּר נַעֲלָֽיִם׃ — Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; - [2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.7/) — הַשֹּׁאֲפִים עַל־עֲפַר־אֶרֶץ בְּרֹאשׁ דַּלִּים וְדֶרֶךְ עֲנָוִים יַטּוּ וְאִישׁ וְאָבִיו יֵֽלְכוּ אֶל־הַֽנַּעֲרָה לְמַעַן חַלֵּל אֶת־שֵׁם קָדְשִֽׁי׃ — That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the humble; and a man and his father go unto the same maid, to profane My holy name; - [2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.8/) — וְעַל־בְּגָדִים חֲבֻלִים יַטּוּ אֵצֶל כָּל־מִזְבֵּחַ וְיֵין עֲנוּשִׁים יִשְׁתּוּ בֵּית אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ — And they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of them that have been fined. - [2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.9/) — וְאָנֹכִי הִשְׁמַדְתִּי אֶת־הָֽאֱמֹרִי מִפְּנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר כְּגֹבַהּ אֲרָזִים גָּבְהוֹ וְחָסֹן הוּא כָּֽאַלּוֹנִים וָאַשְׁמִיד פִּרְיוֹ מִמַּעַל וְשָׁרָשָׁיו מִתָּֽחַת׃ — 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. - [2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.10/) — וְאָנֹכִי הֶעֱלֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וָאוֹלֵךְ אֶתְכֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־אֶרֶץ הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ — 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 Amorites. - [2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.11/) — וָאָקִים מִבְּנֵיכֶם לִנְבִיאִים וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶם לִנְזִרִים הַאַף אֵֽין־זֹאת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ — And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. - [2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.12/) — וַתַּשְׁקוּ אֶת־הַנְּזִרִים יָיִן וְעַל־הַנְּבִיאִים צִוִּיתֶם לֵאמֹר לֹא תִּנָּבְאֽוּ׃ — But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying: 'Prophesy not.' - [2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.13/) — הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מֵעִיק תַּחְתֵּיכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּעִיק הָעֲגָלָה הַֽמְלֵאָה לָהּ עָמִֽיר׃ — Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves. - [2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.14/) — וְאָבַד מָנוֹס מִקָּל וְחָזָק לֹא־יְאַמֵּץ כֹּחוֹ וְגִבּוֹר לֹא־יְמַלֵּט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ — And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself; - [2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.15/) — וְתֹפֵשׂ הַקֶּשֶׁת לֹא יַעֲמֹד וְקַל בְּרַגְלָיו לֹא יְמַלֵּט וְרֹכֵב הַסּוּס לֹא יְמַלֵּט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ — 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; - [2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.16/) — וְאַמִּיץ לִבּוֹ בַּגִּבּוֹרִים עָרוֹם יָנוּס בַּיּוֹם־הַהוּא נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃פ — And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. - ← previous: [Amos 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/1/) - next →: [Amos 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/3/) - ↑ back to [Amos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO/)