Amos 2:3

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 seed a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet:

4Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth.

Isaiah 40:23He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.

Jeremiah 48:25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith 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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