Even Judah and Israel would fall under the Lord’s judgment. These words are harsh, but in mercy God warned the people ahead of time. A few would heed that warning and repent.
BibleGateway: Amos 2:1-16 ESV Text: Amos 2:1-16 Amos 2 (Listen) 2:1 Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,1 because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.2 So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;3 I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes2 with him,” says the LORD….