Amos 2:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 33:16-17 : 16 No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might. 17 A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.
  • Ezek 39:3 : 3 I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.

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    88%

    14Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.

  • Amos 2:16
    84%

    16Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day.” The LORD is speaking!

  • Ps 33:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    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 30:16
    79%

    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.

  • Isa 5:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27None tire or stumble, they don’t stop to nap or sleep. They don’t loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest.

    28Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm.

  • Jer 12:5
    74%

    5The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

  • Jer 4:29
    74%

    29At the sound of the approaching horsemen and archers the people of every town will flee. Some of them will hide in the thickets. Others will climb up among the rocks. All the cities will be deserted. No one will remain in them.

  • Obad 1:14
    74%

    14You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape. You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.

  • Jer 46:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Take your positions with helmets on! Ready your spears! Put on the armor!

    5“What do I see! The soldiers are frightened. They are retreating. They are being scattered. They have fled for refuge without looking back. Terror is all around them,” says the LORD.

    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.

  • Isa 31:8
    73%

    8Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

  • Jer 47:3
    73%

    3Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies’ horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear.

  • Prov 21:31
    73%

    31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the LORD.

  • Isa 21:15
    73%

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

  • Ps 44:6
    73%

    6For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword.

  • Zech 10:5
    72%

    5And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the LORD will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.

  • Lev 26:37
    72%

    37They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand for you before your enemies.

  • Ps 147:10
    72%

    10He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.

  • Joel 2:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. Each one proceeds on his course; they do not alter their path.

    8They do not jostle one another; each of them marches straight ahead. They burst through the city defenses and do not break ranks.

  • Job 41:26
    72%

    26Whoever strikes it with a sword will have no effect, nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.

  • Nah 3:3
    71%

    3The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties– so many that people will stumble over the corpses.

  • Hab 1:8
    71%

    8Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like vultures they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.

  • Jer 6:23
    71%

    23Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle to attack you, Daughter Zion.’”

  • Mic 5:10
    71%

    10The Lord Will Purify His People“In that day,” says the LORD,“I will destroy your horses from your midst, and smash your chariots.

  • Isa 31:1-3
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    1Egypt Will Disappoint Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the LORD.

    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

    3The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The LORD will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.

  • Job 20:24
    71%

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

  • Ezek 26:11
    71%

    11With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.

  • Isa 13:14
    71%

    14Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland.

  • Ezek 7:15
    70%

    15The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.

  • Zeph 1:18
    70%

    18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”

  • Jer 25:35
    70%

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

  • Isa 37:34
    70%

    34He will go back the way he came– he will not enter this city,’ says the LORD.

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    70%

    5The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.

  • 2 Kgs 19:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32So this is what the LORD has said about the king of Assyria:“He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.

    33He will go back the way he came. He will not enter this city,” says the LORD.

  • Jer 46:15
    70%

    15Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the LORD, will thrust them down.

  • Hab 3:17
    70%

    17When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,

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    70%

    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.

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    70%

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    70%

    42Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle, they are coming against you, fair Babylon!

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    25Do not go out into the countryside. Do not travel on the roads. For the enemy is there with sword in hand. They are spreading terror everywhere.”