Amos 2:13

Amos 2:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
• New International Version (NIV)“Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.

Context of Amos 2:13

11I chose some of your sons to be prophets and others to be Nazirites. Can you deny this, my people of Israel?” asks the Lord. 12“But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!’ “So I will make you groan like a wagon loaded down with sheaves of grain. 14Your fastest runners will not get away. The strongest among you will become weak. Even mighty warriors will be unable to save themselves. 15The archers will not stand their ground. The swiftest runners won’t be fast enough to escape. Even those riding horses won’t be able to save themselves.

Amos 2:13 word by word

הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י מֵעִ֖יק תַּחְתֵּיכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּעִיק֙ הָעֲגָלָ֔ה הַֽמְלֵאָ֥ה לָ֖הּ עָמִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, I am pressedעוּק‛ûq · to totterH5781
• under you, as a cartעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
• fullמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• of sheavesעָמִיר‛âmîyr · sheafH5995

Cross-references for Amos 2:13

• Psalms 78:40Oh, how often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved his heart in that dry wasteland.
• Isaiah 1:14I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals. They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
• Isaiah 7:13Then Isaiah said, “Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn’t it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well?
• Isaiah 43:24You have not brought me fragrant calamus or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your faults.
• Ezekiel 6:9Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idols. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins.
• Ezekiel 16:43But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil things, I will fully repay you for all of your sins, says the Sovereign Lord. For you have added lewd acts to all your detestable sins.
• Malachi 2:17You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

Commentaries on Amos 2:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Behold, I am pressed under you - The marginal reading is better: "Behold, I will press your place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth." I will bring over you the wheel of destruction; and it shall grind your place - your city and temple, as the wheel of a cart laden with sheaves presses down the ground, gravel, and stones over which it rolls.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 We need often to be reminded of the mercies we have received; which add much to the evil of the sins we have committed. They had helps for their souls, which taught them how to make good use of their earthly enjoyments, and were therefore more valuable. Faithful ministers are great blessings to any people; but it is God that raises them up to be so. Sinners' own consciences will witness that he has not been wanting to them in the means of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-16Israel: Amos listed the sins of Israel's neighbors, then revealed his main point: The Israelites would face the same consequences (similar to Nathan's use of prophetic speech to prompt self-judgment, 2 Samuel 12:1–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. I am pressed under you--so Calvin (Compare Is 1:14). The Margin translates actively, "I will depress your place," that is, "I will make it narrow," a metaphor for afflicting a people; the opposite of enlarging, that is, relieving (Psa 4:1; Pr 4:12). Maurer translates, "I will press you down" (not as Margin, "your place"; so the Hebrew, Job 40:12; or Am 2:7 in Hebrew text). Amos, as a shepherd, appropriately draws his similes from rustic scenes.Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 2:13

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Amos (1)
• Choose; Chosen
• God
• Papyrus
• Philosophy
• Sheaf; Sheaves
• Agriculture
• Cart

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