Amos 2 · Verse 13

Amos 2:13

Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
Amos 2:13, King James Version

Amos 2:13 in other translations

BSBBehold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
WEBBehold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
ASVBehold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
YLTLo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.
DARBYBehold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
BBESee, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.
WebsterBehold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

What does Amos 2:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. I am pressed under you--so Calvin (Compare Is 1:14). The Margin translates actively, "I will depress your place," that is, "I will make it narrow," a metaphor for afflicting a people; the opposite of enlarging, that is, relieving (Psa 4:1; Pr 4:12). Maurer translates, "I will press you down" (not as Margin, "your place"; so the Hebrew, Job 40:12; or Am 2:7 in Hebrew text). Amos, as a shepherd, appropriately draws his similes from rustic scenes.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Behold, I am pressed under you - The marginal reading is better: "Behold, I will press your place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth." I will bring over you the wheel of destruction; and it shall grind your place - your city and temple, as the wheel of a cart laden with sheaves presses down the ground, gravel, and stones over which it rolls.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 2:9-16

We need often to be reminded of the mercies we have received; which add much to the evil of the sins we have committed. They had helps for their souls, which taught them how to make good use of their earthly enjoyments, and were therefore more valuable. Faithful ministers are great blessings to any people; but it is God that raises them up to be so. Sinners' own consciences will witness that he has not been wanting…

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Amos 2:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִנֵּ֛הhi.Nehhere!H2009
אָנֹכִ֥י'a.no.KhiIH595
מֵעִ֖יקme.'Ik[am] about to make totterH5781
תַּחְתֵּיכֶ֑םtach.tei.Khemunder youH8478
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
תָּעִיק֙ta.'Ikit tottersH5781
הָעֲגָלָ֔הha.'a.ga.Lahthe cartH5699
הַֽמְלֵאָ֥הham.le.'Ah<the> fullH4392
לָ֖הּlah<for> itself
עָמִֽיר\׃'a.Mircut grainH5995

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Amos 2:13

  • Isaiah 1:14

    Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

  • Isaiah 7:13

    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?

  • Malachi 2:17

    Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

  • Isaiah 43:24

    Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

  • Ezekiel 16:43

    Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord God: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

  • Ezekiel 6:9

    And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

  • Psalms 78:40

    How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Behold.
Ps 78:40; Isa 1:14; 7:13; 43:24; Eze 6:9; 16:43; Mal 2:17
I am pressed, etc. or, I will press your place, as a cartfull of sheaves presseth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Amos 2:12

    But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

  • Amos 2:13

    Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

  • Amos 2:14

    Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

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Amos 2:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues he aquí, yo os apretaré en vuestro lugar, como se aprieta el carro lleno de haces;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, je pèserai sur vous comme pèse le char plein de gerbes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, ich werde euch niederdrücken, wie der Wagen drückt, der voll Garben ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ecce ego stridebo subter vos, sicut stridet plaustrum onustum fœno.