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 Amorites.

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 make it creak under you, As a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.

14 And flight shall fail the swift, And the strong shall not exert his strength, 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.