Amos 2:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:c ”

Amos 2:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Israel relied, against God, on his own strength. “Have we not,” they said, “taken to us horns by our own strength?” Amos 6:13 . Amos tells them then, that every means of strength, resistance, flig...
Amos 2:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore the flight shall perish from the (l) swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: (l) None will be delivered by any means.
Amos 2:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sin and Doom of Israel. Suddenly the prophet turns and confronts Israel. The benighted heathen nations have sinned and must be punished. What of Israel, God's chosen people? Why, just because t...
Amos 2:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

himself . his soul. Hebrew nephesh. App-13.
Amos 2:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

I explained yesterday the verse, in which the Prophet says, in the name of God, that the people were like a grievous and heavy burden, as though they were a wagon laden with many sheaves. I sta...
Amos 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: The flight shall perish from the swift - The swiftest shall...
Amos 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift - e...
Amos 2:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Sins and Ingratitude 6-8. Israel is now threatened in the same form as the rest, but Amos 2:6-16 were not spoken by Amos at Bethel; they form the conclusion of the preface which he wrot...
Amos 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This doom Amos darkly foreshadows to be invasion and military overthrow, with all its attendant calamities.
Amos 2:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1-16 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but bef...
Amos 2:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

neither Shall Israel Escape Amos 2:6-16 First the prophet enumerates Israel's sins. They were unjust to the poor, carrying their extortions to such lengths as to goad the poor to desperation. T...
Amos 2:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus uttered the word of God concerning the surrounding nations, thereby revealing the fact of His government over all, the prophet turned to Judah, and declared that she also was to share the...
Amos 2:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord having reckoned with all the neighboring nations, Israel's sworn foes, and having also begun with Judah, now takes in hand her sister Israel. And a solemn account it is. Chiefly beginning in...
Amos 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift ,.... They should be so straitened and cooped up, and be so loaded with pressures, that those, as swift of foot as Asahel, should not be able to make...
Amos 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: Ver. 14. Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift...
Amos 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold I am pressed under you Your sins have quite tired out my patience, and I am weary with bearing them: compare Isaiah 43:24 ; Malachi 2:17 . In this sense the clause is understood by the LXX...
Amos 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Remonstrance with Israel. B. C. 790. 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them,...
Amos 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Therefore; because they first loaded God with their sins, and now he loads them with punishments, no way of escape shall be left. The flight shall perish from the swift; not by swiftness of foot...
Amos 2:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH's Judgment on Israel ( Amos 2:6-16 ). While this judgment on Israel certainly initially follows the previous sevenfold pattern it is distinctive in that it manifestly then goes on to break it...
Amos 2:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 2:6 . Israel] The ten tribes the main object of the prophecy. First, prevalent crimes of injustice and oppression, shameless immorality, and daring contempt of God....
Amos 2:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:2 . Kirioth, a city of Moab, having palaces. Jeremiah 48:24 . Amos 2:6 . For three transgressions of Israel. This phrase, explained in Amos 1:3 , is repeated against five nations, mar...
Amos 2:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself. Effect of sin on the sinner We have here the supplemen...
Amos 2:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 2:1-30 Judgment on Moab. Amos 2:1 Moab . The prophet now denounces the other nation connected by ties of blood with Israel (see on Amos 1:13 ). Moab's hostility had...
Amos 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Israel
Amos 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:1-3 ; Ecclesiastes 9:11 ; Isaiah 30:16 ; Jeremiah 9:23 ; Job 11:20
Amos 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The swift — For their enemies shall be swifter than they. The strong — Natural strength of body shall not deliver. The mighty — The valiant man, the man of the greatest courage.

Amos 2:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 2:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 2:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 2:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 2:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 2:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 2:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 2:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 2:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 2:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 2:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 2:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes