Amos 2:16 meaning and explanation

Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.

Amos 2:16, Berean Standard Bible

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Amos 2:16 closes the LORD's indictment of Israel through the prophet Amos, who spoke in the eighth century BC to a prosperous but unjust nation. Verses 14 to 16 pile up images of failed escape: the swift, the strong, the archer, the horseman.

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