Amos 2:15

He who handles the bow won’t stand. He who is swift of foot won’t escape. He who rides the horse won’t deliver himself.

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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

14Flight will perish from the swift. The strong won’t strengthen his force. The mighty won’t deliver himself.

16He who is courageous amongst the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says the LORD.

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Cross References

Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

Ezekiel 39:3I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of 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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