Amos 2:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I will cut off the judge  from the land and kill all its officials  with him. The Lord has spoken.

Cross References

Jeremiah 48:7

Because you trust in your works and treasures, you will be captured also. Chemosh  will go into exile with his priests and officials.

Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now; I perceive him, but not near. A star will come from Jacob, and a sceptre will arise from Israel. He will smash the forehead  of Moab and strike down  all the Shethites.

Jeremiah 48:25

Moab’s horn is chopped off;  his arm is shattered.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.

Isaiah 40:23

He reduces princes to nothing and makes judges of the earth like a wasteland.

Job 12:21

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms  the strong.

Amos 5:7

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.

Amos 5:12

For I know that your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous,  take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice  at the city gates.

Amos 6:12

Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does anyone plough there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood   –