Amos 2:14

14 No one will escape, not even the fastest runner. Strong people will not be strong enough; warriors 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 "But you made the Nazirites drink wine and told the prophets not to prophesy.

13 Now I will make you get stuck, as a wagon loaded with grain gets stuck.

14 No one will escape, not even the fastest runner. Strong people will not be strong enough; warriors will not be able to save themselves.

15 Soldiers with bows and arrows will not stand and fight, and even fast runners will not get away; soldiers on horses will not escape alive.

16 At that time even the bravest warriors will run away without their armor," says the Lord.