Amos 2:15

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;

American Standard 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; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

16and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.

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Cross References

Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: 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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