阿摩司书 2:16

Chinese Union (Simplified)

到 那 日 ， 勇 士 中 最 有 胆 量 的 ， 必 赤 身 逃 跑 。 这 是 耶 和 华 说 的 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
到那日，最勇敢的戰士，也是赤身逃跑。’這是耶和華的宣告。”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

courageous: Heb. strong of his heart, Jeremiah 48:41

flee: Judges 4:17, 2 Kings 7:8-20, Mark 14:52

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:18 - flee to Jerusalem Isaiah 34:2 - the indignation Isaiah 66:6 - a voice of the Lord Jeremiah 9:26 - Egypt Amos 5:12 - they afflict Obadiah 1:9 - thy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [he that is] courageous among the mighty,.... Or "strong in his heart" b; one that is of a great heart, famous for courage and bravery, that excels in it among the mighty; the most valiant soldiers and officers:

shall flee away naked in that day: shall throw away his armour, nay, put off his clothes, as being both a hinderance to him in his flight; and that he may make the better speed:

saith the Lord: which is added to show the certainty of all this; it might be depended upon that so it would be, since the Lord God of truth had spoken it; and it was fulfilled about eighty years after this prophecy.

b אמיץ לבו "fortis corde suo", Vatablus, Piscator; "fortis animo", Junius Tremellius, Drusius "validus corde suo", Mercerus; "qui corde firmo est", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Israel relied, against God, on his own strength. “Have we not,” they said, “taken to us horns by our own strength?” Amos 6:13. Amos tells them then, that every means of strength, resistance, flight, swiftness of foot, of horse, place of refuge, should fail them. Three times he repeats, as a sort of dirge, “he shall not deliver himself.”

Therefore the flight shall perish - (Probably place of flight Job 11:20; Psalms 142:5; Jeremiah 25:35). They had despised God, as their “place of refuge” , so “the place of refuge, should perish from the swift,” as though it were not. He should flee amain, but there would be no “place to flee unto.” God alone “renews strength;” therefore “the strong” man should not “strengthen his force or might,” should not be able to gather or “collect his strength” as we say. Fear should disable him. “The handler of the bow” (as in Jeremiah 46:9), and who by habit is a skilled archer, although himself out of the immediate reach of the enemy, and able, unharmed, to annoy him and protect the fugitives, “shall not stand” (as in Jeremiah 46:21; Nahum 2:8). Panic should overtake him. The “mighty” man, the “fleet of foot” should “not deliver,” yea, “the horseman” should not “deliver himself;” yea, he who, “among the mighty,” was “strongest of his heart,” firm-souled among those of mightiest prowess, “shall flee away naked,” that is, bared of all, armor or dress, which might encumber his flight “in that day” which the Lord made a day of terror His own day.

Saith the Lord - Probably literally, “the secret utterance of the Lord.” Amos, more than Hosea, uses this special authentication of his words , which is so common in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Zechariah. He claims a knowledge, which those around him had not, and ratifies it by the express appeal to the direct, though secret, revelation of God; what those who were not of God, would deny; what they who were of God, would believe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Amos 2:16. Shall flee away naked — In some cases the alarm shall be in the night; and even the most heroic shall start from his bed, and through terror not wait to put on his clothes.