Amos 2:3

3 I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him,” says the LORD.

Amos 2:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
ESV
3 I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says the LORD.
NLT
3 And I will destroy their king and slaughter all their princes,” says the LORD .
MSG
3 I'll remove the king from the center and kill all his princes with him."
CSB
3 I will cut off the judge from the land and kill all its officials with him. The Lord has spoken.

Amos 2:3 In-Context

1 This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes the bones of Edom’s king,
2 I will send fire on Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.
3 I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him,” says the LORD.
4 This is what the LORD says: “For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not relent. Because they have rejected the law of the LORDand have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods,the gods their ancestors followed,
5 I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Psalms 2:10
  • 2. S Isaiah 40:23
  • 3. Isaiah 15:1-9; Isaiah 16:1-14; S Isaiah 25:10; Jeremiah 48:1; S Ezekiel 25:8-11; Zephaniah 2:8-9
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