Amos 2:10

10 "It was I who ¹brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness ²forty years That you might take possession of the land of the ³Amorite.

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 "On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

9 "Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below .

10 "It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

11 "Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD .

12 "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, 'You shall not prophesy!'

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 12:51; Exodus 20:2; Amos 3:1; Amos 9:7
• 2. Deuteronomy 2:7
• 3. Exodus 3:8

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "To possess"