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Amos - Chapter 2
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1Thus said Hashem: For three transgressions of Moab, For four, I will not revoke it: Because he burned the bones Of the king of Edom to lime.
KO a-MAR a-do-NAI al sh'-LO-sha pish-AY mo-AV v'-al ar-ba-AH lo a-shi-VE-nu al sar-FO atz-MOT me-lekh e-DOM la-sid.
אכֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַל־שׇׂרְפ֛וֹ עַצְמ֥וֹת מֶלֶךְ־אֱד֖וֹם לַשִּֽׂיד׃
2I will send down fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the fortresses of Kerioth. And Moab shall die in tumult, Amid shouting and the blare of shofarot;
v'-shi-laKH-ti-Esh b'-mo-AV v'-a-kh'-LAH ar-m'-NOT ha-k'-ri-YOT u-MET b'-sha-ON mo-AV bi-t'-ru-AH b'-kol sho-FAR
בוְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּמוֹאָ֔ב וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֣וֹת הַקְּרִיּ֑וֹת וּמֵ֤ת בְּשָׁאוֹן֙ מוֹאָ֔ב בִּתְרוּעָ֖ה בְּק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃
3I will wipe out the ruler from within her And slay all her officials along with him —said Hashem.
v'-hikh-ra-TEE sho-FAYT mi-kir-BAH, v'-kol sa-RE-ha e-he-ROG i-MO, a-MAR a-do-NAI. (pey)
גוְהִכְרַתִּ֥י שׁוֹפֵ֖ט מִקִּרְבָּ֑הּ וְכׇל־שָׂרֶ֛יהָ אֶהֱר֥וֹג עִמּ֖וֹ אָמַ֥ר יְהֹוָֽה׃
4Thus said Hashem: For three transgressions of Yehuda, For four, I will not revoke it: Because they have spurned the Teaching of Hashem And have not observed His laws; They are beguiled by the delusions After which their fathers walked.
KO a-MAR a-do-NAI al sh'-lo-SHA pish-AY y'-hu-DAH v'-al ar-ba-AH lo a-shi-VE-nu al mo-a-SAM et to-RAT a-do-NAI v'-khuk-KAV lo sha-MA-ru va-ya-t'-UM ki-z'-v'-HEM a-SHER ha-l'-KHU a-vo-TAM a-kha-RAY-HEM.
דכֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַֽל־מׇאֳסָ֞ם אֶת־תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֗ה וְחֻקָּיו֙ לֹ֣א שָׁמָ֔רוּ וַיַּתְעוּם֙ כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הָלְכ֥וּ אֲבוֹתָ֖ם אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃
5I will send down fire upon Yehuda, And it shall devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim.
v'-shi-LAKH-tee ESH bi-Y'-hu-DAH v'-okh-LAH ar-m'-NOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im.
הוְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
6Thus said Hashem: For three transgressions of Yisrael, For four, I will not revoke it: Because they have sold for silver Those whose cause was just, And the needy for a pair of sandals.
KOH a-MAR a-do-NAI al sh'-lo-SHAH pish-AY yis-ra-AYL v'-alar-ba-AH LO a-shee-VE-nu al mikh-RAM ba-KE-sef tza-DEEK v'-ev-YON ba-a-VUR na-a-LA-yim
וכֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַל־מִכְרָ֤ם בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ צַדִּ֔יק וְאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּֽעֲב֥וּר נַעֲלָֽיִם׃
2:6 Because they have sold for silver those whose cause was just

Rashi (1040-1105)
Amos begins his denunciation of Israel’s crimes with the statement that “they have sold for silver those whose cause was just, and the needy for a pair of sandals “. The earliest commentators took this as an allusion to the sale of Yosef by his brothers. Rashi, however, suggests an alternative explanation based on the Hebrew word for ‘shoe’, na’al (נעל), which also means ‘to lock’ or ‘close in’. According to Rashi, the rich would “close in” the property of the poor by purchasing all the land surrounding a poor person’s field, preventing him from accessing his lot. They would then compell the poor man to sell his property at heavily discounted prices, forcing him into poverty. In this way, not only did the rich take advantage of the less fortunate, but they forced them into selling their ancestral property. The crime of appropriating a person’s ancestral property, his connection to the Land of Israel, is denounced in I Kings chapter 21 and Isaiah 5:8.
7Ah,] you who trample the heads of the poor Into the dust of the ground, And make the humble walk a twisted course! Father and son go to the same girl, And thereby profane My holy name.
ha-sho-a-FEEM al-a-far-E-retz b'-ROSH da-LEEM v'-DE-rekh a-na-VEEM ya-TU v'-ISH v'-a-VEEV ye-le-KHU el ha-na-a-RAH l'-ma-an kha-LEL et-SHEM kod-SHEE
זהַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים עַל־עֲפַר־אֶ֙רֶץ֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ דַּלִּ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ עֲנָוִ֖ים יַטּ֑וּ וְאִ֣ישׁ וְאָבִ֗יו יֵֽלְכוּ֙ אֶל־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה לְמַ֥עַן חַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם קׇדְשִֽׁי׃
8They recline by every altar On garments taken in pledge, And drink in the House of their God Wine bought with fines they imposed.
v'-al b'-ga-DIM cha-vu-LEEM ya-TU a-TSEL kol miz-BAY-akh v'-yayn a-nu-SHEEM yish-TU bayt e-lo-HE-hem
חוְעַל־בְּגָדִ֤ים חֲבֻלִים֙ יַטּ֔וּ אֵ֖צֶל כׇּל־מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וְיֵ֤ין עֲנוּשִׁים֙ יִשְׁתּ֔וּ בֵּ֖ית אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃
9Yet I Destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose stature was like the cedar's And who was stout as the oak, Destroying his boughs above And his trunk below!
v'-a-NO-khee hish-ma-D'-tee et ha-e-MO-ree mi-pe-NE-hem a-SHER k'-go-BAH a-ra-ZEEM go-v'-HO v'-kha-SO-nu ka-a-lo-NEEM va-a-sh'-MEED pir-YO mi-ma-AL v'-sha-ra-SHAV mi-ta-KHAT
טוְאָ֨נֹכִ֜י הִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּי אֶת־הָאֱמֹרִי֙ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר כְּגֹ֤בַהּ אֲרָזִים֙ גׇּבְה֔וֹ וְחָסֹ֥ן ה֖וּא כָּאַלּוֹנִ֑ים וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד פִּרְיוֹ֙ מִמַּ֔עַל וְשׇׁרָשָׁ֖יו מִתָּֽחַת׃
10And I Brought you up from the land of Egypt And led you through the wilderness forty years, To possess the land of the Amorite!
v'-a-NO-khi he-e-LE-tee et-KHEM me-E-retz mitz-RA-yim va-o-LEKH et-KHEM ba-mid-BAR ar-BA-eem sha-NAH la-RE-shet et-E-retz ha-e-mo-REE
יוְאָנֹכִ֛י הֶעֱלֵ֥יתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וָאוֹלֵ֨ךְ אֶתְכֶ֤ם בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה לָרֶ֖שֶׁת אֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃
11And I raised up Neviim from among your sons And nazirites from among your young men. Is that not so, O people of Yisrael? —says Hashem.
va-a-KIM mi-b'-NAY-khem li-n'-vee-EEM u-mi-ba-khu-RAY-khem li-n'-zi-REEM ha-AF AYN-zot b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL n'-UM a-do-NAI
יאוָאָקִ֤ים מִבְּנֵיכֶם֙ לִנְבִיאִ֔ים וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶ֖ם לִנְזִרִ֑ים הַאַ֥ף אֵֽין־זֹ֛את בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃
12But you made the nazirites drink wine And ordered the Neviim not to prophesy.
va-tash-KU et ha-ne-zi-RIM ya-YIN v'-al ha-ne-vi-YEEM tzi-vi-TEM lay-MOR lo ti-na-VE-u
יבוַתַּשְׁק֥וּ אֶת־הַנְּזִרִ֖ים יָ֑יִן וְעַל־הַנְּבִיאִים֙ צִוִּיתֶ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֖א תִּנָּבְאֽוּ׃
13Ah, I will slow your movements As a wagon is slowed When it is full of cut grain.
hi-NEH a-NO-khee me-EK ta-kh'-TE-khem ka-a-SHER ta-EEK ha-a-ga-LAH ha-me-le-AH la, a-MEER
יגהִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י מֵעִ֖יק תַּחְתֵּיכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּעִיק֙ הָֽעֲגָלָ֔ה הַֽמְלֵאָ֥ה לָ֖הּ עָמִֽיר׃
14Flight shall fail the swift, The strong shall find no strength, And the warrior shall not save his life.
v'-a-VAD ma-NOS mi-KAL v'-cha-ZAK lo-ya-a-METZ KO-cho v'-gi-BOR lo-ye-ma-LET naf-SHO
ידוְאָבַ֤ד מָנוֹס֙ מִקָּ֔ל וְחָזָ֖ק לֹא־יְאַמֵּ֣ץ כֹּח֑וֹ וְגִבּ֖וֹר לֹא־יְמַלֵּ֥ט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
15The bowman shall not hold his ground, And the fleet-footed shall not escape, Nor the horseman save his life.
v'-to-FES ha-KE-shet lo ya-a-MOD v'-KAL b'-ra-g'-LAV lo y'-ma-LET v'-ro-KHAYV ha-SUS lo y'-ma-LET naf-SHO
טווְתֹפֵ֤שׂ הַקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ לֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֔ד וְקַ֥ל בְּרַגְלָ֖יו לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּ֑ט וְרֹכֵ֣ב הַסּ֔וּס לֹ֥א יְמַלֵּ֖ט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
16Even the most stouthearted warrior Shall run away unarmed that day —declares Hashem.
v'-a-MITS li-BO ba-gi-BO-reem a-ROM ya-NOOS ba-YOM ha-HU n'-UM a-do-NAI.
טזוְאַמִּ֥יץ לִבּ֖וֹ בַּגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים עָר֛וֹם יָנ֥וּס בַּיּוֹם־הַה֖וּא נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃