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Amos 2:13 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Amos 2:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 2 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. I am: or, I will press your place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth”
Amos 2:13 (KJV)
Commentary on Amos 2:13
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves (הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מֵעִיק תַּחְתֵּיכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּעִיק הָעֲגָלָה הַמְלֵאָה לָהּ עָמִיר)—This vivid agricultural metaphor has challenged translators. The Hebrew me'iq (מֵעִיק) from 'uq means "to press" or "cause to totter." Some render it "I will press you down" (ESV), while KJV maintains "I am pressed under you." Either way, the image is of an overloaded cart groaning under excessive weight, ready to collapse.The metaphor likely depicts God's patience strained to breaking by Israel's sins—like a cart groaning under she...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 2:13
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“Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.”
“but have raged against me in all these things; therefore”
“how that I have been broken with their lewd heart”
“'How have we wearied him?' In that you say”
“and grieved him in the desert!”
“Listen now, house of David: Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?,And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?, וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְעוּ־נָא בֵּית דָּוִד הַמְעַט מִכֶּם הַלְאוֹת אֲנָשִׁים כִּי תַלְאוּ גַּם אֶת־אֱלֹהָי׃ ,And he said: Hear ye now”
“nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.”