Amos 2:3

And I will destroy the judge in their midst, and I will execute all his leaders with him, says the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

In Context

2And I will send a fire onto Moab, and it will devour the buildings of Kerioth. And Moab will die with a noise, with the blare of a trumpet.

4Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Judah, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has rejected the law of the Lord and has not kept his commandments. For their idols, which their fathers followed, have deceived them.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not presently. I shall gaze upon him, but not soon. A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a rod shall spring up from Israel. And he shall strike down the commanders of Moab, and he shall devastate all the sons of Seth.

Isaiah 40:23He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.

Jeremiah 48:25The horn of Moab has been cut away, and his arm has been crushed, says the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Amos 2:2-9

The Judgment of Moab and of Judah; The Judgment of Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith… Read the whole commentary →

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