Verse 15
Amos 2:15
World English Bible
15
neither shall he stand who handles the bow;
and he who is swift of foot won’t escape;
neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/תֹפֵ֤שׂ הַ/קֶּ֨שֶׁת֙ לֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֔ד וְ/קַ֥ל בְּ/רַגְלָ֖י/ו לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּ֑ט וְ/רֹכֵ֣ב הַ/סּ֔וּס לֹ֥א יְמַלֵּ֖ט נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ
English Translation
And the archer shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, and the rider of the horse shall not save his life.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Yahweh says:
“For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;...
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2
but I will send a fire on Moab,
and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth;
and Moab will die with tu...
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3
and I will cut off the judge from among them,
and will kill all its princes with him,”
says Yahweh.
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4
Yahweh says:
“For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;...
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5
but I will send a fire on Judah,
and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
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6
Yahweh says:
“For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment...
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7
They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
and deny justice to the oppressed;
an...
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8
and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge;
and in the house of thei...
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9
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of the cedars,
and he was...
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10
Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
and led you forty years in the wilderness,
to posses...
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11
I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for Nazirites.
Isn’t this tru...
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12
“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’
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13
Behold, I will crush you in your place,
as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
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14
Flight will perish from the swift;
and the strong won’t strengthen his force;
neither shall the migh...
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15
neither shall he stand who handles the bow;
and he who is swift of foot won’t escape;
neither shall...
16
and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,”
says Yahweh.
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