Amos 2:3
And I will cut off the ejudge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
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Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
2 Kings 1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
Jeremiah 48:7 ¶For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah 48:11 ¶Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
by the sword of the enemy, the judge; the governor, i. e. every one of them; the singular being put for the plural, to intimate the destruction of all of them.
either of Kirioth the metropolis, or of every city in which were judges appointed to govern and minister justice to the people; and these should be cut off in these cities, and in the midst of their government.
either by birth, or by office, or by excellent endowments, the chief among the Moabitish people.
with the supreme governor, before threatened.
noting to us the certainty of the thing, the irrevocable sentence passed upon Moab, its king, princes, and judges, who being cut off, the people must needs perish, and come to nothing.