Amos 2:13

Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

In Context

12And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, 'Do not prophecy!'

14And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul.

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Cross References

Job 39:12Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?

Isaiah 1:14Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.

Isaiah 43:24Thou hast not bought for Me with money sweet cane, And [with] the fat of thy sacrifices hast not filled Me, Only — thou hast caused Me to serve with thy sins, Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.

Ezekiel 16:43Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, And dost give trouble to Me in all these, Lo, even I also thy way at first gave up, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I did not this thought for all thine abominations.

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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