Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
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Gill's Exposition
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow,.... That is, at some distance, and can make use of his instruments of war afar off; yet will not think it safe to stand his ground, but will betake…
Israel relied, against God, on his own strength. “Have we not,” they said, “taken to us horns by our own strength?” Amo 6:13. Amos tells them then, that every means of strength, resistance, flight,…
Adam Clarke
Neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself - I believe all these sayings, Amo 2:13-16, are proverbs, to show the inutility of all attempts, even in the best circumstances, to escape the…
Here, I. God puts his people Israel in mind of the great things he has done for them, in putting them into possession of the land of Canaan, the greatest part of which these ten tribes now enjoyed,…
Cambridge Bible
stand i.e. keep his place, or halt in the flight:so Nah 2:8; Jer 46:21.
swift of foot For this virtue of a warrior cf. 2Sa 1:23; 2Sa 2:18 (the same expression as here), 1Ch 12:8.
deliverhimself] As…