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Amos 2:15

and the archer shall not withstand, and he that is swift of foot shall in nowise escape; and the horseman shall not save his life.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life:

16And the strong shall find no confidence in power: the naked shall flee away in that day, saith the Lord.

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Cross References

Psalms 33:16The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 1 And his ears are open to their prayer: 1

Ezekiel 39:3And I will destroy thy bow out of thy left hand, and thine arrows out of thy right hand, and I will cast thee down on the mountains of Israel;

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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