Amos 2:13
Hinei, I am weighed down by you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
In Context
12But ye gave the Nezirim yayin to drink; 1 and commanded the nevi'im, saying: 1 Prophesy not. 1
Cross References
Job 39:12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring in thy zera (grain), 1 and gather it into thy goren (threshing floor)? 1
Isaiah 1:14Your Rosh Chodesh and your Mo'adim 1 My Nefesh hateth; 1 they are a burden unto Me; 1 I am weary to bear them. 1
Isaiah 43:24Thou hast bought Me no fragrant calamus with kesef, 1 neither hast thou filled Me with the chelev of thy zevakhim; 1 but thou hast wearied Me with thy chattot, 1 thou hast wearied Me with thine avonot. 1
Ezekiel 16:43Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast provoked Me in all these things; therefore surely I also will repay thy derech upon thine rosh, saith Adonoi Hashem; and thou shalt not commit this zimmah (lewdness) in addition to all thine to'avot.
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 →