Amos 2:14

14 Runners will not be able to escape. Strong men will find that their strength is useless. Soldiers will not be able to save themselves.

Amos 2:14 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 2:14

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift
They should be so straitened and cooped up, and be so loaded with pressures, that those, as swift of foot as Asahel, should not be able to make their escape by fleeing: and the strong shall not strengthen his force;
should not increase it, or muster it up, and exert it to such a degree, as to be able to defend and secure himself from the enemy: neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
"his soul" or "life"; a soldier, a man of war, an expert and courageous officer at the head of his troop, or even the general of the army; see ( Psalms 33:16 ) .

Amos 2:14 In-Context

12 You made the Nazirites drink wine. You commanded the prophets to stop prophesying.

13 I am going to crush you as an overloaded wagon crushes a person.

14 Runners will not be able to escape. Strong men will find that their strength is useless. Soldiers will not be able to save themselves.

15 Archers will not stand their ground. Fast runners will not be able to escape. Horsemen will not be able to save themselves.

16 Brave soldiers will run away naked that day. The LORD has declared this.