Amos 2:9-16 ▼

9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars, And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.

10 And it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

11 Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your choice men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares Yahweh.

12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’

13 Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.

14 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.

15 He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse make his life escape.

16 Even the most courageous of heart among the mighty men will flee naked in that day,” declares Yahweh.