Amos 2:15

The archer will not stand; 1 the fast runner will not escape; 1 the horseman will not save himself. 1

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In The King James Version

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

14The swift will find no escape; 1 the strong will not add to his own strength; 1 neither will the mighty save himself. 1

16Even the bravest warriors 1 will flee naked in that day 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration.”

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Cross References

Psalms 33:16No king is saved by a vast army; 1 a warrior is not saved by his great strength. 1

Ezekiel 39:3Then I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make the arrows fall from your right hand.

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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