Amos 2:15

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

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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

14Then flight will fail the swift, and the strength of the strongest will be useless. The warrior will not save his life,

16The bravest of warriors will flee away naked in that day, says the Lord.

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Cross References

Psalms 33:16It is not by great armies that kings are victorious, it is not by great strength that a warrior saves himself;

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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