Amos 2:15

Neither shall he stand who handles the bow. And he who is swift of foot shall not deliver [himself], nor shall he who rides the horse deliver himself.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

In Context

14And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, nor shall the mighty deliver himself.

16And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, says LORD.

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Cross References

Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

Ezekiel 39:3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Matthew Henry on Amos 2:10-16

God's Remonstrance with Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord . 12 But… Read the whole commentary →

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