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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/amos/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/amos/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“So I will make you groan like a wagon loaded down with sheaves of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed <i>that is</i> full of sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, I am making a rut <i>in the ground</i> beneath you, Just as a wagon makes a rut when filled with sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a cart that is weighted down when it is full of sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, I am about to crush you in your place as a wagon crushes when full of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, I am about to crush you in your place as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And so I will crush you, just as a wagon full of grain crushes the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I am going to crush you as an overloaded wagon crushes a person.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And now I will crush you to the ground, and you will groan like a cart loaded with grain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I am pressing you under, "" As the full cart presses a sheaf for itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, I am pressed under you as a wagon will be pressed being filled with the sheaf to it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold, I will creak under you, just as a wagon creaks that is laden with hay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Look, I am groaning beneath you, as a wagon groans when laden with sheaves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So, I will press you down in your place, just as a cart presses down when it is full of sheaves.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I am weary under your burdens, as a cart creaks that is full of sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, I am distressed under you, as a wagon that is full of ears of corn is distressed<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, I will make it creak under you, As a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore, behold, I roll under you, as a waggon full of straw is rolled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/2-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=336" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/2.htm">Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5781.htm" title="5781: mê·‘îq (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- Perhaps to totter, cause tottering. A primitive root; to pack.">am about to crush you</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: taḥ·tê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">in your place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/5781.htm" title="5781: tā·‘îq (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- Perhaps to totter, cause tottering. A primitive root; to pack.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/5699.htm" title="5699: hā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A cart. From the same as agol; something revolving, i.e. A wheeled vehicle.">a cart</a> <a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="4392: ham·lê·’āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Full. From male'; full or filling; also fulness; adverbially, fully.">full</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/5995.htm" title="5995: ‘ā·mîr (N-ms) -- A swath, row of fallen grain. From amar; a bunch of grain.">grain.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14</a></span><br />I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Jeremiah 6:11</a></span><br />But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Hosea 13:3</a></span><br />Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Micah 2:3</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20</a></span><br />The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Jeremiah 23:19</a></span><br />Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3</a></span><br />The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25</a></span><br />Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-18.htm">Jeremiah 8:18</a></span><br />My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Ezekiel 24:13</a></span><br />Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-46.htm">Luke 11:46</a></span><br />“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-4.htm">2 Corinthians 5:4</a></span><br />For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">Galatians 5:1</a></span><br />It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.</p><p class="hdg">Behold.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Psalm 78:40</a></b></br> How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, <i>and</i> grieve him in the desert!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14</a></b></br> Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear <i>them</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/7-13.htm">Isaiah 7:13</a></b></br> And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; <i>Is it</i> a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?</p><p class="hdg">I am pressed, etc.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Cart</a> <a href="/daniel/7-23.htm">Crush</a> <a href="/hosea/9-2.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/daniel/2-40.htm">Crushes</a> <a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Full</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/hosea/10-6.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Loaded</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Press</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-21.htm">Pressed</a> <a href="/joel/2-24.htm">Presses</a> <a href="/psalms/38-2.htm">Presseth</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-33.htm">Pressing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Sheaf</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Sheaves</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Wagon</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-25.htm">Weighted</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/1-4.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/numbers/7-3.htm">Cart</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Crush</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/job/9-17.htm">Crushes</a> <a href="/amos/5-7.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/amos/4-10.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Full</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/micah/1-9.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Loaded</a> <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Press</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-11.htm">Pressed</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-28.htm">Presses</a> <a href="/luke/16-16.htm">Presseth</a> <a href="/mark/5-24.htm">Pressing</a> <a href="/micah/4-12.htm">Sheaf</a> <a href="/micah/4-12.htm">Sheaves</a> <a href="/numbers/7-3.htm">Wagon</a> <a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Weighted</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/2-1.htm">God's judgments upon Moab,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/2-4.htm">upon Judah,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/2-6.htm">and upon Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/2-9.htm">God complains of their ingratitude.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/amos/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Behold, I am about to crush you in your place</b><br>This phrase serves as a divine warning, emphasizing the certainty and imminence of God's judgment. The use of "Behold" captures attention, indicating the seriousness of the message. The context is God's judgment against Israel for their sins, including social injustice and idolatry. The phrase "in your place" suggests that the judgment will occur where they are, leaving no escape. This reflects the covenant relationship where God holds His people accountable (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>). The imagery of crushing indicates a severe and inescapable punishment, reminiscent of the consequences faced by nations that opposed God (<a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3</a>).<p><b>as with a cart full of grain</b><br>The imagery of a cart full of grain suggests a heavy burden, symbolizing the weight of Israel's sins. In an agrarian society, a cart loaded with grain would be a familiar sight, representing abundance but also the potential for overwhelming pressure. This metaphor highlights the inevitability of the judgment due to the accumulated transgressions of the people. The weight of the grain parallels the burden of sin that leads to divine retribution. This imagery can be connected to other scriptural references where sin is depicted as a burden (<a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Psalm 38:4</a>) and where God’s judgment is portrayed as a pressing force (<a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Isaiah 1:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, a small town in Judah, who was called by God to deliver messages of judgment to Israel and surrounding nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, which had turned away from God, engaging in idolatry and social injustices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who speaks through Amos, expressing His judgment against Israel for their sins.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event of divine retribution that God is declaring through Amos, symbolized by the crushing weight of a wagon.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheaves.htm">Sheaves</a></b><br>Bundles of grain, used metaphorically to describe the heavy burden of Israel's sins and the impending judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_sin.htm">The Weight of Sin</a></b><br>Just as a wagon full of sheaves is heavy, so too is the burden of unrepented sin. We must recognize the seriousness of sin in our lives and seek God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment.htm">Divine Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is inevitable for those who persist in sin. This should lead us to repentance and a renewed commitment to live according to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/social_justice.htm">Social Justice</a></b><br>The sins of Israel included social injustices. As Christians, we are called to advocate for justice and righteousness in our communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God is in control and His judgments are just. Trust in His sovereignty even when facing difficult truths about sin and its consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_christ.htm">Hope in Christ</a></b><br>While Amos speaks of judgment, the New Testament offers hope through Jesus Christ, who bears our burdens and offers us rest.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_amos_9_13's_prophecy_literal_or_symbolic.htm">Amos 9:13 - Is the prophecy of the plowman overtaking the reaper a literal farming impossibility, and does it conflict with more realistic agricultural references elsewhere in scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/records_of_damascus_'threshing'_gilead.htm">(Amos 1:3) Are there historical records confirming any 'threshing' of Gilead by Damascus in the manner Amos describes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_leviticus_2_14_rituals.htm">Leviticus 2:14: Is there historical or archeological evidence of firstfruits rituals precisely matching these detailed instructions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">I am pressed</span>.--Baur, Pusey, and <span class= "ital">Speaker's Commentary</span> support this rendering of the Heb. <span class= "ital">m?'iq</span>, the corresponding form in the next clause also being taken in the intransitive (<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> passive sense). But it is unlikely that God, in this passage, should declare Himself "crushed" under the weight of Israel's sin, for in the context it is Israel, and not God, who is described as the victim, Moreover, grammatical usage is against the rendering of <span class= "ital">m?'iq</span> as passive; nor does it favour Ewald's, as well as Keil's, interpretation "press you <span class= "ital">down"</span> Translate (see margin) <span class= "ital">Behold, I am pressing down beneath you</span> (literally, <span class= "ital">your place</span>)<span class= "ital">, just as the waggon, filled up with sheaves, presses down.</span> Jehovah, in the awful judgment which He inflicts, is symbolised by the heavily-laden waggon. The expression "beneath you" suggests that the evil is not confined to the present. Israel, the nation weighted with the doom of past iniquities, bequeathes a yet more crushing load to future generations. If the text is sound, this appears the only satisfactory rendering of a difficult passage.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13-16</span> threaten severe punishment for the sins mentioned above. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Behold, I am pressed under you;</span> Septuagint, <span class="greek">κυλίω ὑποκάτω ὑμῶν</span>, "I roll under you;" Vulgate, <span class="accented">stridebo subter vos</span>; Syriac, as Anglican; Hitzig, "I make it totter beneath you, as a cart tottereth;" Ewald, Keil," I will press you down, as the cart presseth;" Baur, Pusey, "I straiten myself under you, as a cart is straitened;" Revised Version, "I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth." The translation of Keil, which is that of Gesenius, is most suitable, meaning, "I will press you with the full force of war, as a loaded wain presses the earth over which it passes." The sense of the English Version is that God is burdened and wearied with their sins, as <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Isaiah 43:24</a>; <a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17</a>. The verb, being hiphil, is an objection to this explanation. The comparison of the wain is very natural in the mouth of the shepherd Amos. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/2-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹכִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am about to crush you</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעִ֖יק</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘îq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5781.htm">Strong's 5781: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to totter, cause tottering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your place</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּחְתֵּיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(taḥ·tê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a wagonload</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֲגָלָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5699.htm">Strong's 5699: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something revolving, a wheeled vehicle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">sheaves</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמִֽיר׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·mîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5995.htm">Strong's 5995: </a> </span><span class="str2">A swath, row of fallen grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">crushes grain.</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּעִיק֙</span> <span class="translit">(tā·‘îq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5781.htm">Strong's 5781: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to totter, cause tottering</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/2-13.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 2:13 Behold I will crush you in your (Amo. 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