Amos 2:14

Then flight will fail the swift, and the strength of the strongest will be useless. The warrior will not save his life,

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Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

In Context

13Listen! It is I who will make you groan in your places, as a wagon groans under its load of grain.

15the archer will not stand firm, the swift of foot will not escape, the horseman will not save his life.

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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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