Amos 2:10

10 And I brought you from the land of Egypt and led you 40 years in the wilderness in order to possess the land of the Amorite.^[a]

Amos 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 2:10

Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt
Where they were bond slaves, and in great affliction and distress, and unable to help themselves; but the Lord wrought deliverance for them, and brought them out of this house of bondage with a high hand and a mighty arm: and led you forty years through the wilderness:
going before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; providing them with all things necessary, with food and raiment, and protecting them from all their enemies: to possess the land of the Amorite;
the whole land of Canaan, so called from a principal nation of it.

Amos 2:10 In-Context

8 They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken as collateral, and they drink in the house of their God wine obtained through fines.

9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced; his height was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

10 And I brought you from the land of Egypt and led you 40 years in the wilderness in order to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets and some of your young men as Nazirites. Is this not the case, Israelites? [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration.

12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets: Do not prophesy.

Footnotes

• [a] Nm 21:25