Amos 2:16

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Amos 2:14–16 · Berean Standard Bible

14 Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

15 The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

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

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Jeremiah 48:41

Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Judges 4:17

Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

2 Kings 7:8

When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.

2 Kings 7:9

Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

2 Kings 7:10

So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”

2 Kings 7:11

The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.

2 Kings 7:12

So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”

2 Kings 7:13

But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”

2 Kings 7:14

Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

2 Kings 7:15

And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.

2 Kings 7:16

Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

2 Kings 7:17

Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

2 Kings 7:18

It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”

2 Kings 7:19

And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

2 Kings 7:20

And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

Mark 14:52

but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.