Amos 2:3 “I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,”…”

Amos 2:3

I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

World English Bible

and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will cut off the iudge out of the mids thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, sayth the Lord.

Darby Translation

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.”

Numbers 24:17 Jeremiah 48:7 Jeremiah 48:25

Numbers 24:17 · BSB

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.

Jeremiah 48:7 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 48:25 · BSB

The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.

Also

Isaiah 40:23 Psalm 2:10

Isaiah 40:23 · BSB

He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

Psalm 2:10 · BSB

Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

4This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

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