Amos 2:9-16 ▼

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 out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in 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 Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

12 But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13 Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

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

15 neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself:

16 and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.