Amos 2:14
The swift will find no escape; 1 the strong will not add to his own strength; 1 neither will the mighty save himself. 1
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13Look, I will crush you 1 as a cart that is full of grain can crush someone. 1
Cross References
Job 11:20But the eyes of wicked people will fail; 1 they will have no way to flee; 1 their only hope will be a last gasp of life.”
Ecclesiastes 9:11I have seen some interesting things under the sun: 2 The race does not belong to swift people. 2 The battle does not belong to strong people. 2 Bread does not belong to wise people. 2 Riches do not belong to people of understanding. 2 Favor does not belong to people of knowledge. 1 Instead, time and chance affect them all. 1
Jeremiah 9:23Yahweh says this, “Do not let the wise man take pride in his wisdom, 1 or the warrior in his might. Do not let the wealthy man take pride in his riches. 1
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 →