Amos 2:9–16

9  Yet xdestroyed I the Amorite before them,

yWhose height was like the height of the cedars,

And he was strong as yythe oaks;

Yet zI destroyed his fruit from above,

And zhis roots from beneath.

10  Also aI brought you up from the land of Egypt,

And bled you forty years through the wilderness,

cTo possess the land of the Amorite.

11  And I raised up of your sons for prophets,

And of your young men for dNazarites.

Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.

12  But eye gave the Nazarites wine to drink;

And commanded the prophets, fsaying, Prophesy not.

13  Behold, ||hI am pressed under you,

As a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

14  Therefore ithe flight shall perish from jkthe swift,

And jlthe strong shall not strengthen his force,

mNeither shall the mighty deliver †himself:

15  Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow;

And he that is knswift of foot shall not deliver himself:

joNeither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

16  And he that is †courageous among pthe mighty

Shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.