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Amos 2:4

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:

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KJV King James Version

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:

BSB Berean Standard Bible

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

WEB World English Bible

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;

ASV American Standard Version

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.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk,

Surrounding context — Amos 2

1 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:

2 But I will 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 trumpet:

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

4 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:

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

6 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;

7 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:

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כֹּ֚הH3541 · kohthus אָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto say יְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD עַל־H5921 · alupon שְׁלֹשָׁה֙H7969 · sha.loshthree פִּשְׁעֵ֣יH6588 · pe.sahtransgression יְהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudah וְעַל־H5921 · alupon אַרְבָּעָ֖הH702 · ar.bafour לֹ֣אH3808 · lonot אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּH7725 · shuvto return: return עַֽל־H5921 · alupon מָאֳסָ֞םH3988 · ma.asto reject אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]תּוֹרַ֣תH8451 · to.rahinstruction יְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD וְחֻקָּיו֙H2706 · choqstatute: decree לֹ֣אH3808 · lonot שָׁמָ֔רוּH8104 · sha.marto keep: obey וַיַּתְעוּם֙H8582 · ta.ahto go astray כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔םH3577 · ka.zavlie אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhich הָלְכ֥וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: went אֲבוֹתָ֖םH1 · avfather אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃H310 · a.charafter

Cross-references

Ezekiel 20:24Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.Ezekiel 20:13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.Ezekiel 20:16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.Jeremiah 16:19-20O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?Hosea 12:2The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:Leviticus 26:14-15But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;Ezekiel 20:18But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:Isaiah 5:24-25Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.Amos 3:2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.2 Kings 17:19Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.Isaiah 9:15-16The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.Romans 1:25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.Jeremiah 8:9The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?Jeremiah 9:14But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:2 Kings 22:11-17And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.Nehemiah 1:7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

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