“He who handles the bow won’t stand. He who is swift of foot won’t escape. He who rides the horse won’t deliver himself.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Amos 2 contains 16 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.