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Amos 2:14
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No one will escape, not even the fastest runner. Strong men will not be strong enough. Soldiers will not be able to save themselves.
"Refuge will be lost from the swift, And the strong will not strengthen his power, Nor the warrior save his life.
No one will escape, not even the fastest runner. Strong people will not be strong enough; warriors will not be able to save themselves.
Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.
And 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, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
"Flight will be lost to the swift [so they will be unable to escape], And the strong shall not strengthen nor maintain his power, Nor shall the mighty man save his own life.
Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
Flight will perish from the swift; And the strong won't strengthen his force; Neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
And fliyt schal perische fro a swift man, and a strong man schal not holde his vertu, and a stalworthe man schal not saue his lijf;
And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
No matter how fast you run, you won't escape. No matter how strong you are, you will lose your strength and your life.
And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:
Even the swift won't be able to flee; the strong won't be able to use their strength, the warriors won't save themselves.
And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie deliuer himselfe:
Your fastest runners will not get away. The strongest among you will become weak. Even mighty warriors will be unable to save themselves.
Even the fast man will not get away. The strong man will not keep his strength. And the powerful man will not save his life.
Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain their strength, nor shall the mighty save their lives;
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life.
Therefore the power to run shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not possess his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself.
Therefore shall flight, perish, from the swift, and, the mighty, shall not invigorate his strength, - nor shall, the hero, escape with his life;
And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.
Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
Therfore the flight shall perishe from the swift, and the strong shal not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life.
And flight shall perish from the runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life:
Not even fast runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength, and soldiers will not be able to save their own lives.
Escape will fail the swift,the strong one will not maintain his strength,and the warrior will not save his life.
Flight will perish from the swift; And the strong won't strengthen his force; Neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
Flight will perish from the swift and the strong person will not muster his strength and the warrior will not save his life.
And refuge shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his power, nor shall the mighty deliver his life,
And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul.
so that ye swifte shall not escape, nether the stronge be able to do eny thynge: no, the giaunte shal not saue his owne life.
"When I go into action, what will you do? There's no place to run no matter how fast you run. The strength of the strong won't count. Fighters won't make it. Skilled archers won't make it. Fast runners won't make it. Chariot drivers won't make it. Even the bravest of all your warriors Won't make it. He'll run off for dear life, stripped naked." God 's Decree.
Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;
"Flight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his life.
So flight will perish from the swift,And the strong will not instill his power with courage,Nor will the mighty man make his life escape.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the flight: Amos 9:1-3, Job 11:20, *marg. Ecclesiastes 9:11, Isaiah 30:16, Jeremiah 9:23
himself: Heb. his soul, or life
Reciprocal: Joshua 8:20 - and they had Judges 8:12 - took 1 Samuel 31:3 - went sore 2 Samuel 2:18 - was as light 1 Kings 19:17 - him that escapeth 1 Kings 20:30 - a wall 2 Kings 7:7 - their horses 2 Kings 25:5 - and overtook 1 Chronicles 10:3 - went Job 27:22 - he would fain flee Psalms 50:22 - none Isaiah 9:14 - will cut Isaiah 40:30 - General Jeremiah 11:11 - which Jeremiah 25:35 - the shepherds Jeremiah 39:4 - when Jeremiah 46:6 - not Jeremiah 48:44 - that fleeth Jeremiah 52:8 - General Lamentations 4:19 - they pursued Hosea 5:14 - none Amos 4:12 - thus Micah 2:3 - from Micah 6:14 - and thou Hebrews 9:7 - errors
Cross-References
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Gill's Notes on the 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 their escape by fleeing:
and the strong shall not strengthen his force; should not increase it, or muster it up, and exert it to such a degree, as to be able to defend and secure himself from the enemy:
neither shall the mighty deliver himself; "his soul" or "life"; a soldier, a man of war, an expert and courageous officer at the head of his troop, or even the general of the army; see Psalms 33:16.
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, flight, swiftness of foot, of horse, place of refuge, should fail them. Three times he repeats, as a sort of dirge, “he shall not deliver himself.”
Therefore the flight shall perish - (Probably place of flight Job 11:20; Psalms 142:5; Jeremiah 25:35). They had despised God, as their “place of refuge” , so “the place of refuge, should perish from the swift,” as though it were not. He should flee amain, but there would be no “place to flee unto.” God alone “renews strength;” therefore “the strong” man should not “strengthen his force or might,” should not be able to gather or “collect his strength” as we say. Fear should disable him. “The handler of the bow” (as in Jeremiah 46:9), and who by habit is a skilled archer, although himself out of the immediate reach of the enemy, and able, unharmed, to annoy him and protect the fugitives, “shall not stand” (as in Jeremiah 46:21; Nahum 2:8). Panic should overtake him. The “mighty” man, the “fleet of foot” should “not deliver,” yea, “the horseman” should not “deliver himself;” yea, he who, “among the mighty,” was “strongest of his heart,” firm-souled among those of mightiest prowess, “shall flee away naked,” that is, bared of all, armor or dress, which might encumber his flight “in that day” which the Lord made a day of terror His own day.
Saith the Lord - Probably literally, “the secret utterance of the Lord.” Amos, more than Hosea, uses this special authentication of his words , which is so common in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Zechariah. He claims a knowledge, which those around him had not, and ratifies it by the express appeal to the direct, though secret, revelation of God; what those who were not of God, would deny; what they who were of God, would believe.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Amos 2:14. The flight shall perish from the swift — The swiftest shall not be able to save himself from a swifter destruction. None, by might, by counsel, or by fleetness, shall be able to escape from the impending ruin. In a word, God has so fully determined to avenge the quarrel of his broken covenant, that all attempts to escape from his judgments shall be useless.
