Amos 2:3

and while I am getting rid of its king and all its leaders. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!”

Translation for Translators

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

2So I will cause a fire to completely burn the fortresses of Kerioth city in Moab. People will hear soldiers shouting and blowing trumpets loudly while I am causing Moab to be destroyed

4Yahweh also said this: “ I will also punish the people of Judah because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they have rejected what I taught them and they have not obeyed my commands. They have been deceived and persuaded to worship false gods, the same gods that their ancestors worshiped.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:17The things that I see in the vision are not going to happen now; I see things that God will cause to happen in the future. A man who is a descendant of Jacob will appear like a star [MET]; a king who holds a scepter will be one of the Israeli people. He will crush the heads of you people of Moab; he will wipe out the descendants of Seth.

Isaiah 40:23He causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.

Jeremiah 48:25Yahweh says, “The power [MTY] of Moab will be ended; it is as though [MET] Moab will have a broken arm.

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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