Amos · Chapter 2

[ edit] Theſe þingis ſaiþ þe Lord God, On þree grete treſpaſſis of Moab, and on foure, Y ſhal not conuerte hym, for þat he brente þe boonys of þe kyng of Ydume vn to aſh. And Y ſhal ſende fijr in to Moab, and it ſhal deuoure þe houſis of Carioþ; and Moab ſhal dye in ſown of trumpe. And Y ſhal diſtruye þe domyſman of þe mydil þerof, and Y ſhal ſlea alle his princis wiþ hym, ſaiþ þe Lord. Þeſe þingis ſaiþ þe Lord, On þree grete treſpaſſis of Juda, and on foure, Y ſhal not conuerte hym, for þat he caſtide awey þe lawe of þe Lord, and kepte not his comaundementis; forſoþe her ydols diſceiueden hem, after whom þe faders of hem wenten.

And Y ſhal ſende fijr in to Juda, and it ſhal deuoure þe houſis of Jeruſalem. Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord, On þree grete treſpaſſis of Yrael, and on foure, Y ſhal not conuerte hym, for þat he ſolde a iuſt man for ſyluer, and a poore man for ſhoone. Whiche breken to gydre on duſt of þe erþe þe hedis of pore men, and bowen awey þe waye of meeke men; þe ſone and his fadir wente to a wenche, þat þei defouliden myn holy name. And on cloþis leyde to wedde þei eeten byſidis eche auter, and drunken wijn of dampnyd men in þe hous of her God.

Forſoþe Y diſtruyede Ammorey fro þe face of hem, whos hieneſſe of cedris þe hyeneſſe of hym, and he ſtrong as an ook; and Y brake to gidre þe fruyte of hym aboue, and þe rotis of hym byneþe. Y am, þat made ȝou for to ſtye vp fro þe lond of Egypt, and Y ledde ȝou out in deſert fourty ȝeer, þat ȝe ſhulde weelde þe lond of Ammorrey. And Y reyſide of ȝour ſonys in to prophetis, and of ȝour ȝunge men Naȝareys. Wher it is not þus, ȝe ſonys of Yrael? ſaiþ þe Lord. And ȝe ȝauen wijn to Naȝareys, and ȝe comaundiden to prophetis, ſayinge, Prophecie ȝe not. Loo! Y ſhal ſowne ſtrongly vndir ȝou, as a wayn chargid wiþ hay ſowneþ ſtrongly.

And fliȝt ſhal periſche fro þe ſwift, and a ſtrong man ſhal not weelde his vertue, and a miȝty man in ſtrengþe ſhal not ſaue his ſoule, or lijf; and a man holdynge bowe ſhal not ſtonde, and þe ſwift in his feet ſhal not be ſaued; and þe ſtyer of hors ſhal not ſaue his ſoule, and þe ſtronge in herte amonge men ſhal flee nakid in þat day, ſaiþ þe Lord.