Amos 2:14

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Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 9:23 : 23 The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
  • Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar and he said,“Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape. 2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there. 3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.
  • Ps 33:16 : 16 No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 Wisdom Cannot Protect against Seemingly Chance Events Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge– for time and chance may overcome them all.
  • Isa 30:16-17 : 16 You say,‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast. 17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, until the remaining few are as isolated as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill.”
  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

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    15Archers will not hold their ground; fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses.

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    16You say,‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

  • Jer 46:6
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    6But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they have stumbled and fallen in defeat.

  • Ps 33:16-17
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    16No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.

    17A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.

  • Isa 33:23
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    23Though at this time your ropes are slack, the mast is not secured, and the sail is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; even the lame will drag off plunder.

  • Job 9:25-26
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  • Ps 76:5
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    5The bravehearted were plundered; they“fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.

  • Isa 21:15
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    15For they flee from the swords– from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

  • Job 27:22
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    22It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

  • Isa 51:14
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    14The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

  • 1 Sam 2:4
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    4The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumbled have taken on strength.

  • Job 20:24
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    24If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

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  • Isa 49:24
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    24Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?

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    22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

  • Jer 25:35
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    35The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.

  • Isa 40:30-31
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    30Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.

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  • Isa 31:8
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    5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

  • Job 20:8
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  • Obad 1:14
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  • Isa 5:27-28
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