Amos 2:3

I will destroy the judge in her, 1 and I will kill all the princes with him,” 1 says Yahweh. 1

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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

2I will send fire on Moab, 1 and it will devour the fortresses of Kerioth. 1 Moab will die in an uproar, 1 with shouting and the sound of the trumpet. 1

4This is what Yahweh says: 1 “For three sins of Judah, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because they rejected the law of Yahweh 1 and did not keep his statutes. 1 Their lies caused them to go astray, 1 after which their fathers had also walked. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 24:17I see him, but he is not here now. 1 I look at him, but he is not near. 1 A star will come out of Jacob, 2 and a scepter will rise out of Israel. 1 He will shatter Moab's leaders 2 and destroy all the descendants of Seth. 1

Isaiah 40:23He reduces rulers to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth insignificant. 1

Jeremiah 48:25The horn of Moab has been hacked off; its arm has been broken—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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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