Amos 2:3

And I will cut off the iudge out of the mids thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, sayth the Lord.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

2Therefore will I send a fire vpon Moab, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Kerioth, and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet.

4Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Iudah, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they haue cast away the Lawe of the Lord, and haue not kept his commandementes, and their lies caused them to erre after the which their fathers haue walked.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not nowe: I shall behold him, but not neere: there shall come a starre of Iaakob, and a scepter shall rise of Israel, and shall smite the coastes of Moab, and destroy all the sonnes of Sheth.

Isaiah 40:23He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,

Jeremiah 48:25The horne of Moab is cut off, and his arme is broken, saith the Lord.

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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