Amos 2:14

Amos 9:1-3; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 30:16; Jeremiah 9:23; Job 11:20

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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 th...
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) N...
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 o...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

himself . his soul. Hebrew nephesh. App-13.
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 thoug...
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...
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: Th...
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; the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rabbah ] on the banks of the Upper Jabbok ( 2 Samuel 11:12 ). The shouting means the war-cry. 15 . Some of the ancient translations, with which J...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This doom Amos darkly foreshadows to be invasion and military overthrow, with all its attendant calamities.
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, how...
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...
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...
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...
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 s...
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....
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 ....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Remonstrance with Israel. B. C. 790....
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...
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 distinct...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Certainty of His Judgment On Israel. It Will Be Such That It Will Be Inescapable ( Amos 2:13-16 ). Israel's judgment is now described in terms...
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, sha...
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...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Israel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, literally, "is lost to the swift," he will not have time to escape, and the strong shall not stren...
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, th...

¹⁴ Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:c

Related Commentaries of Amos 2:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 2:14