Amos 2:3

Amos 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him,” says the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the Lord.

Context of Amos 2:3

1Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Moab and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom [Esau’s descendant] into lime [and used it to plaster a Moabite house]. 2So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon Moab And it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth; And Moab shall die amid tumult and uproar, With war cries and shouts of alarm and the sound of the trumpet. I will also cut off and destroy the ruler from its midst And slay all the princes with him,” says the Lord. 4Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Judah and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they have rejected the law of the Lord [the sum of God’s instruction to His people] And have not kept His commandments; But their lies [and their idols], after which their fathers walked, Caused them to go astray. 5So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction by the Babylonians] upon Judah And it will devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”

Amos 2:3 word by word

וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י שׁוֹפֵ֖ט מִקִּרְבָּ֑הּ וְכָל־שָׂרֶ֛יהָ אֶהֱר֥וֹג עִמּ֖וֹ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• the judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• from the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• thereof, and will slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• all the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• thereof with him, saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Amos 2:3

• Numbers 24:17I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star shall come forth from [the descendants of] Jacob, A scepter shall rise out of [the descendants of] Israel And shall crush the forehead of Moab And destroy all the sons of Sheth.
• Jeremiah 48:7For because you have trusted in your works [your hand-made idols] and in your treasures [instead of in God], Even you yourself will be captured; And Chemosh [your disgusting god cannot rescue you, but] will go away into exile [along with the fugitives] Together with his priests and his princes.

Commentaries on Amos 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will cut off the judge - It shall be so destroyed, that it shall never more have any form of government. The judge here, שופט shophet, may signify the chief magistrate. The chief magistrates of the Carthaginians were called suffetes; probably taken from the Hebrew Judges, שופטים shophetim .Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And I will cut off the judge - The title “judge” (shophet) is nowhere used absolutely of a king. Holy Scripture speaks in several places of “all the judges of the earth” Job 9:24; Psalm 2:10; Psalm 148:11; Proverbs 8:16; Isaiah 40:23. Hosea Hosea 13:10, under “judges,” includes “kings and princes,” as judging the people. The word “judge” is always used as one invested with the highest, but not regal authority, as of all the judges from the death of Joshua…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Kerioth, a major town (Jeremiah 48:20–24), is mentioned on the Moabite Stone as a shrine to Chemosh, the god of Moab. The Moabites may have burned the remains of Edom's king or offered him as a human sacrifice at this site. Because of this act, God would destroy the king of Moab and his officers. This likely happened through an invasion by Sargon II of Assyria around 715 to 713 BC (compare Isaiah 15–16). Josephus, in Antiquities 10.9.7, suggests further…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the judge--the chief magistrate, the supreme source of justice. "King" not being used, it seems likely a change of government had before this time substituted for kings, supreme judges.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Amos (1)
• Choose; Chosen
• God
• Omnipotence
• Papyrus
• Philosophy

Commentaries on Amos 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings