Amos 2:3 Meaning and Explanation
“And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.”
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What Does Amos 2:3 Mean?
The "judge" was the chief magistrate, the one who governed Moab, and with him fall all the princes. The leadership that should have restrained the nation's cruelty is itself removed in judgment.
When those who hold authority lead a people into contempt and violence, they answer first. The series of oracles against the nations now draws toward its turning point, having shown that God measures every people by the same scale. The reader, watching judgment fall on enemy after enemy, is being prepared for the most searching word of all, when the prophet's gaze comes home to the covenant people themselves.
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What does Amos 2:3 mean?
Moab's ruler and all its officials will be cut off together.