Amos 2:4
This is what the LORD says:
What it says
Judah is judged for rejecting the law of the LORD and following lies that led them astray.
What it is doing
This verse turns judgment inward to a covenant people who resisted revealed truth.
In context
1This is what the LORD says: 2So I will send fire against Moab 3I will cut off the ruler of Moab 4This is what the LORD says: 5So I will send fire upon Judah 6This is what the LORD says: 7They trample on the heads of the poor 8They lie down beside every altar 9Yet it was I who destroyed 10And I brought you up from the land of Egypt 11I raised up prophets from your sons 12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine 13Behold, I am about to crush you in your place 14Escape will fail the swift, 15The archer will not stand his ground, 16Even the bravest of mighty men