Amos 2:3

And I will cut off the shofet (judge) from the midst thereof, 1 and will slay all the sarim (princes) thereof with him, 1 saith Hashem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

In Context

2But I will send an eish upon Moav, 1 and it shall devour the fortresses of Keriyot; 1 and Moav shall die with tumult, 1 with war cries, and with the blast of the shofar; 1

4Thus saith Hashem: 1 For shloshah peysha'im of Yehudah, 1 even for arba'ah, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 1 because they have despised the torat Hashem, 1 and have not been shomer over His chukkim, 1 and their lies caused them to err, 1 after the halakhah of their avot; 1

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Cross References

Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; 1 I behold him, but not karov (near); 1 there shall come a Kokhav (Star, i.e. Moshiach, see Targums) out of Ya'akov, 1 and a Shevet (Sceptre) shall rise out of Yisroel, 1 and shall strike through the temples + 24:17 i.e., sides of the head of Moav, 1 and destroy all the Bnei Shet. 1

Isaiah 40:23That bringeth the roznim (rulers) to nothing; 1 He maketh the Shoftei Eretz like tohu. 1

Jeremiah 48:25The keren of Moav is cut off, and his zero'a is broken, saith Hashem.

Matthew Henry on Amos 2:2-9

The Judgment of Moab and of Judah; The Judgment of Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith… Read the whole commentary →

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