Amos 2:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him,” says the Lord. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will cut off the ruler from its midst and will slay all its princes with him, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible I will remove their judge from them and slay all their officials with him, says the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will destroy the judge in their midst, and I will execute all his leaders with him, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord. |
When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the Lord is true.
who brings princes to naught, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.
For, because you trusted in your strongholds and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go forth into exile, with his priests and his princes.
For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Do horses run upon rocks? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: a star shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.