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Amos 2:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Amos 2:16

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14 Therefore the 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.

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"And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it."

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1 Kings 12:18

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Amos 5:12

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Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY)

From This Chapter

Amos 2:1

"Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:"

Amos 2:2

"But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:"

Amos 2:3

"And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD."

Amos 2:4

"Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:"

Amos 2:5

"But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem."

Amos 2:6

"Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;"

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