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Amos 2:9-16

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9 "Yet 1it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, 2whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; 3I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
10 4Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt 5and led you forty years in the wilderness, 6to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for 7Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?" declares the LORD.
12 "But you made the Nazirites 8drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, 9'You shall not prophesy.'
13 "Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
14 10Flight shall perish from the swift, 11and the strong shall not retain his strength, 12nor shall the mighty save his life;
15 he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is 13swift of foot shall not save himself, 14nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
16 and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day," declares the LORD.
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Amos 2:9-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 2

In this chapter the prophet foretells the calamities that should come upon the Moabites for their transgressions, Am 2:1-3; and the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem for their iniquities, Am 2:4,5; also the judgments of God that should come upon Israel the ten tribes for their sins, which sins are enumerated; their oppression of the poor, their lewdness and idolatry, Am 2:6-8; and which are aggravated by the blessings of goodness bestowed upon them, both temporal and spiritual, Am 2:9-12; wherefore they are threatened with ruin, which would be inevitable, notwithstanding their swiftness, strength, and courage, and their skill in shooting arrows, and riding horses, Am 2:13-16.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

  • 1. Deuteronomy 2:31; Joshua 24:8; See Numbers 21:21-25
  • 2. [Numbers 13:32, 33; Isaiah 10:33]
  • 3. [Job 18:16]
  • 4. Amos 3:1; Exodus 12:17, 51
  • 5. See Deuteronomy 8:2
  • 6. [See ver. 9 above]
  • 7. Numbers 6:2
  • 8. [Numbers 6:3]
  • 9. Amos 7:13, 16; Isaiah 30:10; Micah 2:6
  • 10. [Amos 9:1; Ecclesiastes 9:11]
  • 11. [Amos 9:1; Ecclesiastes 9:11]
  • 12. [Psalms 33:16]
  • 13. [2 Samuel 2:18]
  • 14. [Psalms 33:17]
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