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Amos 2:13
Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.
Amos 2:13 · Young's Literal Translation
Amos 2:13 in other translations
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
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In context
10 And I--I have brought you up from the land of Egypt, And cause you to go in a wilderness forty years, To possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.
12 And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, `Do not prophecy!'
13 Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.
14 And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul.
15 And the handler of the bow standeth not, And the swift with his feet delivereth not himself, And the rider of the horse delivereth not his soul.
16 And the courageous of heart among the mighty, Naked doth flee in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah!
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